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Failure to cross the measure might additional delay preparations for the primary common Bangsamoro parliamentary elections
COTABATO CITY, Philippines – The speaker of the Bangsamoro Transition Authority (BTA) parliament on Tuesday, January 6, known as a particular session for subsequent week to renew deliberations on a long-delayed measure to redraw parliamentary districts within the Bangsamoro Autonomous Area in Muslim Mindanao (BARMM), a transfer seen as essential to holding the area’s 2026 elections on observe.
BTA Speaker Mohammad Yacob mentioned the session, sought by BARMM interim Chief Minister Abdulraof Macacua, could be held on Monday, January 12, on the Shariff Kabunsuan Cultural Complicated in Cotabato Metropolis. Lawmakers are anticipated to proceed debates on proposed laws to reapportion parliamentary districts.
Yacob mentioned the session shall be convened underneath parliamentary guidelines that enables the speaker to name lawmakers collectively to handle pressing or important public issues, and urged all members to attend.
The redistricting invoice has taken on new urgency after the Fee on Elections (Comelec) final month indefinitely suspended the submitting of certificates of candidacy for the 2026 Bangsamoro parliamentary elections, citing the absence of legally outlined districts.
The Comelec had initially scheduled the submitting from January 5 to 9, however mentioned it couldn’t proceed with no districting regulation, which can also be required earlier than ballots may be printed and seats allotted.
The Supreme Court docket had earlier ordered that the districts be outlined by October 30, 2025, a deadline that was missed.
Deliberations on the invoice stalled late final yr after the BTA parliament didn’t muster a quorum, with solely 38 of its 80 members attending a committee session. It was in need of the straightforward majority wanted to conduct enterprise.
The necessity for a redistricting regulation resulted from an SC ruling that excluded the province of Sulu from the BARMM, leaving seven of the 80 parliamentary seats in limbo. Earlier than its exclusion, Sulu had seven parliamentary districts.
Below the Bangsamoro Natural Legislation, the area should keep an 80-seat parliament, requiring the remaining provinces to soak up the seats.
Officers from the Moro Islamic Liberation Entrance’s United Bangsamoro Justice Get together, which dominates the transition authority, have mentioned they wish to guarantee any redistricting regulation can face up to authorized scrutiny, at the same time as stress mounts to satisfy the electoral timetable.
Failure to cross the measure might additional delay preparations for the primary common Bangsamoro parliamentary elections, a key milestone within the area’s peace course of and transition to self-governance. – Rappler.com
