MANILA, Philippines — No less than two members of the Bangsamoro parliament have thrown their assist behind a Senate proposal to maneuver the first-ever elections for the autonomous area to 2026.
Bangsamoro MPs Amir Mawallil and Rasol Mitmug backed the invoice filed by Senate President Francis Escudero to defer the Bangsamoro Autonomous Area in Muslim Mindanao’s (BARRM) parliamentary polls to Might 11, 2026.
Escudero mentioned this extension will permit the area to reconfigure its jurisdictions in addition to reallocate the seven out of 80 seats left by Sulu after the Supreme Court docket dominated that the province just isn’t a part of BARRM.
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Adjustment interval
Mawalil famous that “the exclusion of Sulu from the BARMM necessitates a reconfiguration of parliamentary illustration within the Bangsamoro.”
“Sulu’s seven seats should now be reallocated, and this can’t be addressed adequately with out cautious legislative redistricting,” he mentioned in an announcement.
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Mitmug additionally mentioned there’s a must revisit the districts and seat allocation.
“The present setup have to be adjusted, and lengthening the electoral timeline to 2026 permits us the time wanted to handle this with precision,” he additional defined.
The Bangsamoro Natural Regulation mentioned the BARRM parliament ought to have 80 seats.
However solely 65 seats are up for grabs for the upcoming autonomous polls, of which 25 are allotted for parliamentary district representatives.
The remainder or 40 are reserved for regional parliamentary political events, which is analogous to the party-list system.
Eight of the seats are for sectoral teams, which shall be elected in their very own conference or meeting separate from the parliamentary polls.
Then, the seven remaining seats have been alleged to be for Sulu which is now not a part of BARRM.
Mitmug and Mawalil mentioned BARRM authorities workers in Sulu want sufficient time to regulate after the excessive court docket ruling.
“BARMM authorities workers in Sulu are going by a interval of transition, and we have to present them with the time and assist they deserve,” mentioned Mitmug. “Resetting the elections to 2026 will ease their adjustment to this new actuality.”
Mawalil mentioned: “Our public servants in Sulu are integral to the BARMM authorities’s work, and we can not overlook their wants throughout this crucial transition interval. Extending the electoral timeline provides us the chance to make sure a clean shift that maintains service continuity.”
BARRM candidacy submitting peaceable
Regardless of the uncertainty if the BARRM election will push by on Might 12, 2025, the Fee on Elections (Comelec) mentioned there 109 aspirants for parliamentary district seats, with Lanao del Sur having the best quantity at 41; adopted by Maguindanao del Norte with 24, Maguindanao del Sur with 15, Tawi-Tawi with 10, Basilan with 14, and 5 from the BARMM Particular Geographic Space.
Comelec chairman George Erwin Garcia on Monday mentioned there aren’t any untoward incidents and irregularities through the certificates of candidacy submitting from Nov. 4 to Nov 9.
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“This exhibits that our nation is getting mature,” Garcia mentioned in an ambush interview in Filipino.
