On Friday 27 July, the spokesperson for the European External Action Service (EEAS) hailed the adoption of the Bangsamoro Organic Law by the Congress of the Philippines and its subsequent signing by President Rodrigo Roa Duterte.
The law grants autonomy to the majority Muslim inhabited Mindanao region in the south of the country. It aims at forming a government and an independent Muslim political entity in Bangsamoro, the new name for Mindanao.
The adoption of the law by the parliament...