The Philippines moved a step closer on Wednesday to ending decades of conflict on its resource-rich island of Mindanao, after lawmakers approved a bill that will eventually allow self-rule for the country’s Muslim minority. Albay Representative Edcel Lagman on Wednesday reiterated his stance that the proposed Bangsamoro Basic Law is unconstitutional as it creates a more “ascendant” and “powerful” region in Muslim Mindanao that has its own government commissions. Philippine authorities marked on Wednesday, last week, the first anniversary of the siege by Islamic State-inspired militants of the southern city of Marawi that disrupted the lives of hundreds of thousands of people, underscoring the importance of drawing lessons from it to avoid a repeat.