BARMM governors send security manifesto

From the Manila Times (Jun 13, 2023): BARMM governors send security manifesto (By Al Jacinto)

ZAMBOANGA CITY: The five provincial governors of the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (BARMM) have submitted a manifesto and a letter to President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. outlining serious security problems in areas under the Muslim provinces following a recent peace and order meeting in Sulu province.

The Bangsamoro autonomous region is ruled by Chief Minister Ahod Ebrahim, the leader of the Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) which signed a peace deal with Manila in 2014.

The governors — Mamintal Adiong Jr. of Lanao del Sur; Jim Hataman Salliman of Basilan; Sakur Tan of Sulu; Mariam Mangudadatu of Maguindanao del Sur; and Yshmael Sali of Tawi-Tawi (except for Gov. Abduraof Macacua of Maguindanao del Norte who was not in the caucus) — who launched the Bangsamoro Governors' Caucus (BGC) on June 6, also reiterated their call for the postponement of the Barangay and Sangguniang Kabataan elections set in October until the decommissioning of all MILF forces are completed as part of the implementation of the Comprehensive Agreement on the Bangsamoro.

As the region is still in the transition period after the ratification of the Bangsamoro Organic Law in a plebiscite in 2019, the Bangsamoro Transition Authority is currently the interim government in the BARMM. The BTA is composed of 80 members — the majority of which are MILF members.

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