COTABATO CITY —Minister Paisalin Pangandaman Tago of the BARMM’s Ministry of Transportation and Communication told reporters on Monday, August 5 that they have not issued a deputation order on any individual or groups to enforce traffic laws and regulations pertaining to operation of public transportations anywhere in the autonomous region.

A philstar report on Monday said that the Ministry of Transportation and Communications-Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao has jurisdiction over the Bangsamoro Land Transportation Office and the Bangsamoro Land Transportation Regulatory and Franchising Board.

“We have not deputized any volunteer organization to do law-enforcement activities that our agencies, only our agencies, ought to do,” Tago said as quoted by Philstar.

Brig. Gen. Prexy Tanggawohn, director of the Police Regional Office-Bangsamoro Autonomous Region, also said in an interview on Monday that they are helping the MoTC-BARMM guard against fake BLTFRB and BLTO deputies in all of the region's six provinces and three cities.

The MoTC-BARMM’s effort to rid the highways in BARMM of unauthorized traffic regulations enforcement deputies was prompted by reports about existence of groups fronting as such without corresponding deputation order from the ministry, the Philstar report said

Tago expressed his gratitude to the PRO-BAR for helping them address the issue.