MANILA – The Senate today ratified the Bicameral conference committee report on the proposed legislation that seeks to reset the first regular elections in the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (BARMM).
Voting 21-2, majority of senators voted to approve the report submitted by the joint congressional panel which ironed out the disagreeing provisions of Senate Bill No. 2214 and House Bill No. 10121. The measure that seeks to move the date of the BARMM parliamentary and regional elections from May 2022 to May 2025 and synchronized it with the next midterm elections.
Under the reconciled version, the Bangsamoro Transition Authority (BTA) shall continue as the interim government in the Bangsamoro Region. The President may appoint the 80 new interim members of the BTA who shall serve up to June 30, 2025 or until their successors shall have been elected and qualified.
SB 2214 and HB 10121 will amend Section 13, Article XVI of Republic Act 11054 or the Bangsamoro Organic Law (BOL) of 2018.
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