DAVAO CITY (MindaNews / 20 September) – Three elections to the 80-member Bangsamoro Parliament shall have passed by September 15, 2032, the 10th anniversary of the inaugural session of the Ban…
DAVAO CITY – Three elections to the 80-member Bangsamoro Parliament shall have passed by September 15, 2032, the 10 anniversary of the inaugural session of the Bangsamoro Transition Authority under the Marcos-the-son administration: the first election in 2025, the second in 2028 and the third in 2031.
The transition period in the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao was supposed to have ended on June 30, 2022 but was extended until June 30, 2025. Thursday’s event was the inaugural session of the Parliament of the new BTA . Will the Marcos administration and the MILF sign an exit document by 2025? By then, will the Moro National Liberation Front – under founding chair Nur Misuari and under Muslimin Sema – finally say the 1976 and 1996 peace agreements government signed with them have been completely implemented?
The Organic Law for the BARMM, the enabling law of the CAB, states as its purpose that it will “establish a political entity, provide for its basic structure of government in recognition of the justness and legitimacy of the cause of the Bangsamoro people and the aspirations of Muslim Filipinos and all indigenous cultural communities in the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao to secure their identity and posterity, allowing for meaningful self-governance within the framework of the...
Who among the 80, if they do file their certificates of candidacy in October 2024 for the May 2025 polls, will return to the Bangsamoro Parliament as elected MPs representing political parties, districts and sectors? Executive led by President Ferdinand Marcos, Jr., accompanied onstage by Special Assistant to the President Anton Lagdameo and Local Governments Secretary Benhur Abalos, and Presidential Peace Adviser Carlito Galvez who sat on the front row; legislative represented by Senate President Juan Miguel Zubiri and House Speaker Martin Romualdez.
Nur Misuari , founding chair of the Moro National Liberation Front with President Ferdinand Marcos, Jr. and Ahod “Al Haj Murad” Ebrahim, chair of the Moro Islamic Liberation Front and Chief Minister of the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao on 15 September 2022 at the inaugural session of the Bangsamoro Parliament in Cotabato City. MindaNews photo by CAROLYN O. ARGUILLAS
Member of Parliament Pangalian Balindong takes his oath as elected Speaker of the 80-member Bangsamoro Transition Authority on 15 September 2022 in Cotabato City. Photo courtesy of Bangsamoro Parliament FB MP Omar Yasser Sema guided his father onstage for a reunion photo with Murad and Misuari. The last time Misuari, Muslimin Sema and Ebrahim were together onstage was at the anniversary of the Office of the Presidential Adviser on the Peace Process on September 30, 2019 but they all looked awkward, like they were forced by circumstances to be cordial with each other.
Brothers in the Bangsamoro struggle, Nur Misuari and Muslim Sema in a tight embrace. Estranged no more. MindaNews photo by CAROLYN O. ARGUILLAS Abdulkarim Misuari and Omar Sema are among seven Deputy Speakers. The five others are Nabil Tan, Hatimil Hassan, Benjamin Loong, Paisalin Pangandaman Tago and Lanang Ali, Jr. Women members in the BTA went for an all-women photo, after which a group of male BTA members jokingly said they want a “men in the BTA” photo.
Mindanao’s first and only Cardinal Orlando B. Quevedo, OMI, the Archbishop Emeritus of the Archdiocese of Cotabato, sat on the front row. He was a favorite for souvenir photos by the MPs including Mohagher Iqbal, BARMM Minister of Education. Quevedo also had photographs, although separately, with the MNLF and MILF leaders.
Meet Abdulkarim Misuari, eldest son of Moro National Liberation Front founding chair Nur Misuari and Abdullah Hashim, eldest son of the late Moro Islamic Liberation Front Salamat Hashim, founding chair of the Moro Islamic Liberation Front. MindaNews photo by CAROLYN O. ARGUILLAS Marcos-the-son repeated the same line as his father’s in his first sit-down Presidential interview by entertainer Toni Gonzaga, aired on his birthday on September 13.
Members of Parliament pose for a souvenir photo with Moro revolutionary leaders Nur Misuari, Ahod “Al Haj Murad” Ebrahim and Muslimin Sema on 15 September 2022 at the Shariff Kabunsuan Cultural Complex, Bangsamoro Government Center, Cotabato City. Photo courtesy of BTA Parliament FB
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