SENATE Minority Leader Aquilino Pimentel III and Senate electoral reforms committee chairperson Imee Marcos on Tuesday opposed suggestions to
SENATE Minority Leader Aquilino Pimentel III and Senate electoral reforms committee chairperson Imee Marcos on Tuesday opposed suggestions to postpone the first ever elections in the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao .- Advertisement -“I am really against it because the voices of the people need to be heard. Our Muslim brothers’ voices should be heard and we should allow them to vote for the candidates they truly desire,” Marcos said in an ambush interview.
Marcos surmised that those opposed to the BARMM polls were after the substantial amount of public funds estimated at P490 billion so far being poured into the autonomous region. Senator Juan Miguel Zubiri also warned of a backlash if the BARMM polls would be postponed for the second time.
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