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Lawmakers in the House of Representatives file a counterpart bill to postpone the first parliamentary elections in the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (BARMM) by another year.

Full story: https://www.rappler.com/philippines/mindanao/house-bill-mirrors-escudero-senate-push-postpone-barmm-elections/

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00:00Lawmakers in the House of Representatives file a counterpart bill to postpone the first
00:05parliamentary elections in the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao or BARMM
00:10by another year.
00:12Senate President Francis Escudero filed his proposal in the Senate Monday, November 4.
00:17Lanau-Dul Sur Representative Zia Adyong says the proposed postponement would allow Congress
00:21to give the interim Bangsamoro Transition Authority time to decide what to do with the
00:26seven district seats reserved for Sulu in the parliament.
00:29The move is opposed by former Senate Presidents from Mindanao, Coco Pimentel, and Juan Miguel
00:34Zubiri.
00:35Pimentel says the BARMM election should proceed as scheduled in 2025 to allow citizens in
00:40the region to vote to reaffirm or change their leaders.
00:43Zubiri emphasizes the region waited long enough to see its first parliamentary elections and
00:48that a second postponement would be unjustified.
00:51The Bangsamoro Parliament will select the region's chief minister.

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