Marcos signs law postponing BARMM elections

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Malacañang says President Marcos has approved postponing the parliamentary election in the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao.  Full story: https://www.rappler.com/philippines/elections/barmm-parliamentary-polls-postponed-october-2025/

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00:00Malacanang says President Marcos has approved postponing the parliamentary election in the

00:05Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao.

00:09Executive Secretary Lucas Bersamin says Marcos signed Republic Act No. 12123, moving the

00:15BARMM elections to October 13 instead of alongside nationwide polls on May 12.

00:21Comelec Chair George Garcia says the commission needs to review the enabling law's wording

00:24due to concerns about procurement given the new schedule.

00:28He asks whether the Comelec should reopen the filing of candidacies across the BARMM.

00:33He's also concerned about where to get the Php 2.5 billion needed to run the regional

00:37election now that it's separate from national polls.

00:40Other concerns include the printing of a new set of ballots and distributing election paraphernalia.

00:46This will be the BARMM's first parliamentary election.

00:50Its current leaders were appointed by then-President Rodrigo Duterte in 2019 and reappointed by

00:54Marcos in 2022.

00:57Their terms are supposed to end on June 30.

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