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Senate oks bill postponing BARMM election until 2025

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Jauhn Etienne Villaruel, ABS-CBN News

<div class="embed-wrap"><figure data-feedback="fb:likes,fb:comments"><img alt="Members of the Philippine National Police (PNP) assist in the Bangsamoro Organic Law (BOL) plebiscite at the Cotabato City Pilot School, January 21, 2019. Jonathan Cellona, ABS-CBN News" src="http://sa.kapamilya.com/absnews/abscbnnews/media/2021/tvpatrol/09/05/20190121-cotabato-plebiscite-jc-7918.jpg"/><figcaption>Members of the Philippine National Police (PNP) assist in the Bangsamoro Organic Law (BOL) plebiscite at the Cotabato City Pilot School, January 21, 2019. <em>Jonathan Cellona, ABS-CBN News</em></figcaption></figure></div><p>MANILA — The Senate on Monday approved on final reading a measure seeking to postpone for another 3 years the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao&#x27;s (BARMM) first regular election, originally synchronized with the May 2022 polls. </p><p>Fifteen senators voted in favor of Senate Bill 2214, three voted against it, and one abstained. </p><p>Under the bill, the Bangsamoro Organic Law would be amended to indicate that the region&#x27;s first elections would be in 2025, instead of next year.</p><p>Its counterpart bills have yet to advance in the House of Representatives. </p><p>The Bangsamoro Transition Authority (BTA), sitting as the region&#x27;s parliament, has yet to enact its own electoral code, which would govern the supposed elections in May 2022.</p><ul class="op-related-articles">	<li><a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/spotlight/multimedia/infographic/03/29/19/whos-who-bangsamoro-transition-authority-leaders-and-cabinet-members">Who&#x27;s who: Bangsamoro Transition Authority leaders and Cabinet members</a></li></ul><p>Last January, BARMM Chief Minister Ahod Balawag Ebrahim vowed to finalize its electoral code in the first quarter of 2021, but the document has yet to materialize 8 months away from the May 2022 polls.</p><ul class="op-related-articles">	<li><a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/news/01/22/21/barmm-working-to-pass-electoral-local-govt-and-civil-service-codes-in-q1-chief-minister ">BARMM working to pass electoral, local gov&#x27;t, and civil service codes in Q1: chief minister</a></li></ul><p>The BTA wants to extend the transition period and delay the election, citing disruptions caused by the COVID-19 pandemic, but other groups in the region are opposing the move. </p><ul class="op-related-articles">	<li><a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/news/12/03/20/grabe-na-ang-paghihirap-ng-tao-mayor-blasts-proposed-extension-of-bangsamoro-transition">&#x27;Grabe na ang paghihirap ng tao&#x27;: Mayor blasts proposed extension of Bangsamoro transition</a></li></ul><p>The Palace said President Rodrigo Duterte is &quot;neutral&quot; on calls to extend the Bangsamoro government&#x27;s transition period.</p><ul class="op-related-articles">	<li><a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/news/06/28/21/duterte-bangsamoro-transition-extension-neutral">&#x27;Neutral&#x27; Duterte leaves Bangsamoro transition extension up to lawmakers: Palace</a></li></ul><div><strong>FROM THE ARCHIVES</strong></div><figure class="op-interactive"><iframe allow="autoplay; fullscreen" frameBorder="0" height="100%" id="ivsplayer01" scrolling="no" src="https://player.ivideosmart.com/ivsplayer/v4/dist/html/iframe-src.html?iframeid=ivsplayer01&amp;key=e8c22c015ca9eafa76f1e3edfa03c603&amp;spid=3001339&amp;vid=1693589" width="100%"></iframe></figure><div class="iwantbar">Watch more in <a href="//www.iwantv.com.ph/">iWantv</a> or <a href="//tfc.tv/">TFC.tv</a></div>

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Senate oks bill postponing BARMM election until 2025

Jauhn Etienne Villaruel,

ABS-CBN News

Published September 06, 2021 05:45 PM PHT

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