From the Website of MILFArticle links: http://www.luwaran.com/news/article/2277/groups-ask-duterte-to-certify-as-urgent-bills-extending-transition-in-barmm
ILIGAN CITY—Civil society groups in the Bangsamoro Autonomous
Region in Muslim Mindanao (BARMM) are urging President Rodrigo Duterte
to certify as urgent the passage of bills seeking to move regional
elections in 2022 to 2025.
The bills are aimed to
extend Bangsamoro transition by another three years which was earlier
requested by the Bangsamoro Transition Authority (BTA).
“The President is very important in the equation, in the
spirit of institutionalizing the gains of the peace process,” said Emran
Mohamad of the League of Bangsamoro Civil Society Organizations (LBO).
Duterte
has earlier thrown his support behind the idea of giving the BTA
another three years to accomplish the remaining tasks of preparing the
BARMM’s regular governmental setup.
Mohamad said time
is crucial in the push for extending the Bangsamoro transition as
Congress has only less than 30 session days left before it adjourns the
second regular session in June.
He explained that the
law mandating the postponement of the 2022 election must already be in
place before the filing of candidacy certificates in October.
“There
is nothing impossible if the President will certify the legislation
urgent. We understand that the legislators will honor and respect the
priority of the President,” said Archie Buaya of the Confederation of
Descendants of Rajah Mamalu (CDORM).
On Wednesday (Feb. 10), the groups launched an online petition to gather support for their plea to Duterte.
By
certifying the bills as urgent, these can be given “more prominence and
a sense of urgency given the equally important and competing concerns
of Congress,” the petition read.
“We commend the significant accomplishments of the national government and the BTA to implement the
peace agreement and deliver the priority tasks during the transition period,” it added.
“We
believe that the BTA and national government will be able to accomplish
more and uplift the quality of life of the people in a massive scale if
they will be given additional time,” the groups said.
The
House of Representatives will begin on Feb. 16 public consultations on
the bills seeking an extension of Bangsamoro transition
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http://www.opapp.gov.ph/sites/default/files/House%20Bill%20No.%204994.pdf
http://www.opapp.gov.ph/resources/house-bill-no-4994
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