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Members of the Council of Leaders of the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao take their oath before Special Assistant to the President (SAP) Antonio Lagdameo on Wednesday, 9 August 2023 at the Soto Grande Hotel in Davao City. MindaNews photo by GREGORIO BUENO
BARMM Council of Leaders take their oath before SAP Lagdameo
- Aug 14, 2023
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The council members were set to hold their inaugural meeting after the meeting from 1p.m. to 5 p.m.
Lagdameo first administered the oath of Ahod Balawag Ebrahim, interim Chief Minister of the Bangsamoro region, as head of the Council followed by members of the Council, said a report by Mindanews on August 9. The Council has 18 members from government and 12 from communities and sectors.
All six governors of the BARMM – Hadjiman Hataman-Salliman of Basilan, Mamintal Adiong Jr. of Lanao del Sur, Bai Mariam Mangudadatu of Maguindanao del Sur, Abduraof Macacua of Maguindanao del Norte, Abdusakur Tan of Sulu and Yshmael Sali of Tawi-Tawi were present along with Cotabato City Mayor Mohammad Ali Matabalao and Lamitan Mayor Roderick Furigay. Marawi City Mayor Majul Gandamra sent a representative, the report said.
Bai Dimple Mastura of the lone district of Maguindanao del Norte and Samier Tan of the 1st district of Sulu were the only representatives from various BARMM’s congressional districts who were present. The rest are attending committee hearings.
Of the 12 members from the communities and sectors, Cardinal Orlando B. Quevedo, the representative of “settler communities” in the Council, could not make it as he had to attend the ASEAN Intercultural and Inter-Religious Dialogue Conference for Harmony and Peace on August 7 and 8 in Jakarta. But Quevedo, as panelist there last Monday, spoke about peacebuilding in the BARMM. The representative of Private Educational Institutions has yet to be named, the Mindanews report said.
The Council of Leaders serves as adviser to the Chief Minister “on matters of governance” in the BARMM.
The Council of Leaders is one of seven mechanisms of the Intergovernmental Relations Body (IGRB) composed of leaders from the national government and the regional officials, the report also said.
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