COTABATO CITY, Feb. 29 -- Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao Chief Minister Ahod Ebrahim expressed confidence that the regional government can withstand any legal challenges filed against the proposed Bangsamoro Local Governance Code.

This was the reaction of Ebrahim on the petition from three provincial governors questioning the constitutionality of the BLGC.

"Although the Government of the Day is confident that the version approved by the Bangsamoro Transition Authority (BTA) parliament can withstand any legal challenges, we acknowledge that the petitioners are all well within their democratic rights as citizens of the country and residents of the autonomous region," he said in a statement Thursday.

"Government of the Da...