THE resetting of the first parliamentary elections in the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (BARMM) is a welcome development that would allow its government sufficient time to address pressing legal concerns about Sulu's exclusion, the Office of the Presidential Adviser on Peace, Reconciliation and Unity (Opapru) said Saturday.
THE resetting of the first parliamentary elections in the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao is a welcome development that would allow its government sufficient time to address pressing legal concerns about Sulu 's exclusion, the Office of the Presidential Adviser on Peace, Reconciliation and Unity said Saturday.President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. has signed into law Republic Act 12123, which reschedules the BARMM polls from May 12 to Oct. 13 this year.
This, he said, would allow the province to implement programs in accordance with the rules and guidelines of the Department of Budget and Management.The Supreme Court in September ruled to exclude Sulu province from the BARMM, citing the province's rejection of the Bangsamoro Organic Law during the 2019 plebiscite.
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