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Harlene Delgado

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<p>MANILA — The Commission on Elections announced that the printing of 2.3 million ballots for the first Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (BARMM) Parliamentary Elections will resume on Thursday, August 28.</p><p>Comelec Chairman George Erwin Garcia said they adopted a resolution on Wednesday, August 27 for the continuation of the poll body’s preparations for the October 13 polls based on BARMM’s 73 districts.</p><p>“Mukha po kasing hindi na namin kayang hintayin pa at this point ‘yung inaasahan na batas,” he said in an interview Wednesday, August 27.</p><p>(It seems we are at the point where we cannot delay any longer to wait for the redistricting law)</p><p>Garcia was pertaining to the Bangsamoro Redistricting Act, which was approved on third and final reading on August 19 reconstituting the 32 single-member parliamentary districts in the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region.</p><p>The Bangsamoro Transition Authority Parliament said the law will distribute the seven vacant parliamentary seats originally apportioned to Sulu following the Supreme Court ruling excluding the province from BARMM.</p><div><a href="https://www.abs-cbn.com/news/regions/2025/8/22/comelec-redistricting-bill-will-not-delay-barmm-polls-1809"><strong>Comelec: Redistricting bill will not delay BARMM polls</strong></a></div><p>The parliamentary districts will be reconfigured as follows:</p><p> • Nine for Lanao del Sur</p><p> • Five for Maguindanao del Norte</p><p> • Five for Maguindanao del Sur</p><p> • Four for Basilan</p><p> • Four for Tawi-Tawi</p><p> • Three for Cotabato City</p><p> • Two for the Special Geographic Area in Cotabato province</p><p>He said it would be difficult for Comelec to delay further with just 40 days left before the elections.</p><p>“Sa amin handa kaming i-defend ‘yung aming action if they want to question, then so be it,” Garcia noted.</p><p>(We are ready to defend our action if they want to questions it, then so be it)</p><p>On August 22, Garcia disclosed that the proposed measure was expected to be signed into law on Tuesday, August 26.</p><div> </div><div><strong>CAMPAIGN PERIOD</strong></div><p>The poll body also released a set of reminders for the start of campaign period for the BARMM polls on August 28, Thursday, until October 11, 2025.</p><p>Comelec laid out the prohibited acts during campaign period under its Resolution No. 11149:</p><p>•  Giving donations by candidate, his or her spouse, or any relative within the second civil degree of consanguinity or affinity, or his campaign manager, or representative</p><p>•  Appointment or use of special policemen, confidential agents, or persons performing similar functions</p><p>•  Appointment or hiring of new employees, creation of new positions in a government agency, or instrumentality, whether national or local, including government-owned or controlled corporations, except upon prior authority of the Commission.</p><p>•  Promotion or giving of salary increases, remuneration, or privileges to any government official or employee, including those in government-owned or controlled corporations</p><p>•  Release, disbursement, expenditures of public funds, except those enumerated in Section or 261 (v) of the Omnibus Election Code</p><div><a href="https://www.abs-cbn.com/news/regions/2025/8/18/10-000-cops-to-be-deployed-for-barmm-polls-in-october-1642"><strong>10,000 cops to be deployed for BARMM polls in October</strong></a></div><p>• Construction of public works, delivery of materials for public works except for projects or works exempted in Section 261 (v) of the OEC, and the issuance of treasury warrants or similar devices</p><p>• Removal, destruction, obliteration, or in any manner defacing or tampering with, or preventing the distribution of lawful election propaganda</p><p>• Use of armored land, water or air craft.</p><p>• Police and provincial guards acting as bodyguards or security guards</p><div> </div><div><br/></div><div>  </div>

<p>The Commission on Elections announced that the printing of 2.3 million ballots for the first-ever Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (BARMM) Parliamentary Elections will resume on Thursday, August 28.</p>

The Commission on Elections announced that the printing of 2.3 million ballots for the first-ever Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (BARMM) Parliamentary Elections will resume on Thursday, August 28.

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Ballot printing for BARMM elections to resume on August 28 — Comelec

Harlene Delgado,

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Published Aug 27, 2025 04:31 PM PHT

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