Comelec chair George Garcia
COTABATO CITY, BARMM, Philippines — The Fee on Elections (Comelec) on Monday mentioned it’ll proceed to arrange for the conduct of the first-ever Bangsamoro parliamentary polls regardless of a Senate invoice looking for to postpone it as soon as extra.
Comelec chairman George Erwin Garcia made the response after Senate President Francis Escudero filed a invoice looking for to defer the Bangsamoro Autonomous Area in Muslim Mindanao’s (BARRM) ballot to Might 11, 2026.
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Escudero heeded the decision of the Bangsamoro Transition Authority, which requested an extension of its interim mandate.
He mentioned this extension will enable the area to reconfigure its jurisdictions in addition to reallocate the seven out of 80 seats left by Sulu after the Supreme Courtroom dominated that the province is just not a part of BARRM.
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“A invoice is just not but a legislation,” Garcia advised reporters in a textual content message after overseeing the certificates of candidacy submitting right here at Bangsamoro Authorities Middle. “So we’ll proceed with all of the actions in relation to election preparation for the BARMM.”
“Nonetheless, as up to now, we’ll defer to the knowledge of the legislature on this matter,” he added.
The BARRM parliamentary elections are slated to be held on Might 12, 2025, together with the midterm elections.
As a result of concurrence, the Comelec estimates that it’ll solely spend P3 billion for the automated course of.
Round two million BARRM voters would solid two ballots come election day.
Garcia mentioned the Comelec is ready whether or not the BARRM parliamentary polls push by means of or not.
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“We all the time have a Plan B,” he mentioned.
