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BTA Parliament Floor Leader and Chair of Committee on Rules Atty. Sha Elijah Dumama-Alba (photo by Google)
Bangsamoro Parliament adopts resolution to extend transition period
- Oct 26, 2024
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The Bangsamoro Transition Authority (BTA) Resolution 641 seeks to postpone the region’s first regular parliamentary elections, scheduled in May 2025, to allow all stakeholders to adequately prepare for a “smooth democratic transition, the report said”
According to a committee report submitted to Floor Leader Atty. Sha Elijah Dumama-Alba, the resolution will allow “for addressing the legal issues” after the Supreme Court ruled in a decision that excluded Sulu province from the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (BARMM).
“This will pave the way for additional time to resolve current legal issues affecting the upcoming elections, and promote wider participation of political parties and enhance voter’s understanding of the news electoral process,” Dumama said.
“It is now up to the House and the Senate to consider and act upon this request from the Bangsamoro Parliament,” she said during the 79th session of the third regular session of the BTA.
President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. had declared in Malacañang that the BTA’s mandate would no longer be extended.
“In 2025, we no longer will have any extension to the authority, and we will conduct elections,” the Presidential News Desk quoted him as saying on August 12, 2022.
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