Sen. Francis Escudero (left) says he expects the bicameral committee that will reconcile conflicting versions of the BBL to have a long and hot debate on the centerpiece of Malacañang's peace agreement with the Moro  Islamic Liberation Front, while Sen. Ferdinand Marcos, chair of the Senate committee on local government, laments that politics prevailed over the people's interest in the bill approved last week by the House ad hoc committee on the BBL.  INQUIRER PHOTO / NINO JESUS ORBETA
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