BBL (ENG)
AKP/dec-4-2014
Persons with disabilities or P-W-Ds are protected under the Bangsamoro Basic Law.
This was one of the issues addressed by lawyer Raissa Jajurie of the Bangsamoro Transition Commision in a forum in Quezon City Tuesday.
Jajurie said it is important to have laws to protect the vulnerable sectors that include P-W-Ds.
Under the B-B-L article on basic rights, citizens are given equal opportunity regardless of class, creed, disability, gender and ethnicity, Jujurie said.
She said that the B-B-L follows the concept of social justice as mandated by the central government.
The draft B-B-L bill is currently being deliberated in Congress.
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