The Senate has approved on second reading a bill that seeks to postpone next year’s parliamentary elections in the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (BARMM) and extend the transition period in the region until 2025.
Voting 18-1 with two abstentions, senators passed on second reading of Senate Bill 2214 during Wednesday’s plenary proceedings.
SB 2214 seeks to amend Republic Act 11054 or the Bangsamoro Organic Law (BOL) by postponing the next year’s polls in the region and extend until 2025, the Bangsmoro Transition Authority (BTA).
The BTA currently serves as the interim BARMM parliament in compliance with the Republic Act No. 11054 or the Bangsamoro Organic Law (BOL).
Senator Francis Tolentino, chair of the Senate committee on local government and the principal sponsor of SB 2214, welcomed its approval, saying that it will ensure the swift implementation of the political and normalization tracks which were agreed during the peace talks between the national government and the Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF)—under the Comprehensive Agreement on the Bangsamoro (CAB).
Based on the latest assessment made by the Comelec, it cannot enforce the conduct of the regional polls in BARMM since the redistricting of the parliamentary districts and the passage of its regional electoral code have yet to be finished by the BTA.
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