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The rebels-turned-politicians who have shaped and controlled BARMM enjoyed the support of President Ferdinand Marcos Jr., who celebrated the regional government’s accomplishments in his 2024 State of the Nation Address. MILF formed the political party United Bangsamoro Justice Party . Tan, the only guy who was seen to have a fighting chance against the MILF, was no longer eligible to run for a regional post. BGC has not announced plans to field another candidate for chief minister.Sulu and the autonomous region have yet to see the extent of the impact of the SC’s decision. Over 5,000 BARMM employees in Sulu are poised to lose their jobs, and infrastructure projects could be discontinued if they lose funding from the regional government.
It took the court five years to decide Tan’s petition. Who knows how long the SC will take to rule on the new ones, and if the high tribunal would overturn a unanimous decision at all. On the eve of the first day of candidacy filing on November 4, Senate President Francis Escudero told a radio program he was going to file a bill to postpone the BARMM parliamentary elections again, stating that Malacañang wanted it. A committee hearing was immediately scheduled for November 7.
Comelec said they would proceed with preparations to hold elections for 73 seats in the BARMM parliament. “If Malacañang is the one calling for Congress to amend the organic law in order to postpone the elections, it will most probably happen,” said Benedicto Bacani, executive director of the Institute for Autonomy and Governance.
“If we’re gonna accept that argument, there won’t be an election in 100 years in the BARMM because, number one, there’s not gonna be any exit agreement without charter change,” said Bacani.In June 2023, a group of BARMM officials and residents also urged the high court to nullify the Bangsamoro Electoral Code for “violating” the 1987 Constitution, the Bangsamoro Organic Law and the Omnibus Election Code.
The SC has given the MILF a “tactical advantage” and it doesn’t make sense for the group to support calls for postponement, said an NGO worker. An Institute for Policy Analysis and Conflict report showed that “some of President Marcos’ advisers are suggesting that keeping the MILF in power…will help ensure security and stability.” The report was based on interviews with politicians in BARMM.
Al-Ittihad-UKB, led by Maguindanao del Sur Governor Mariam Sangki-Mangudadatu and husband Teng Mangudadatu “Given the control of governors in the local elections and their alliance, that means they will just have to deliver the province to BGC and they get the majority,” Bacani added.They promised to implement all signed peace agreements. BGC also said that the coalition will “push for the annual P5 billion SDF to support the transition of combatants and communities.
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