Manila, Jan. 28 -- Finance Secretary Carlos Dominguez III expressed hope that the ratification of the Bangsamoro Organic Law (BOL), which would create a new autonomous region in Muslim Mindanao, would finally clear the way to the island's rapid and sustainable development after decades of conflict.
Dominguez said in a statement on Monday that the BOL was resoundingly approved in the plebiscite held last Jan. 21 amid renewed optimism that the issues behind the decades-old strife that divided Mindanao have been largely resolved and that the promise of development for its people would finally be realized.
"Today, we again have the chance to recover the lost years, to redeem the lost generations. A new autonomy arrangement, overwhelmingly sup...