The House of Representatives on Tuesday ratified the bicameral conference committee report on the proposed measure seeking to reset the first regular elections in the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (BARMM).
The lower chamber approved the bicameral report on the disagreeing provisions of House Bill No. 10121 and Senate Bill No. 2214, which seeks to postpone the first BARMM polls from 2022 to 2025.
The reconciled bill provides that the Bangsamoro Transition Authority (BTA) will continue as the interim government in the region until elections are held in 2025.
The president may also appoint 80 new interim members of the BTA. They will hold office until the end of June 2025 or until their successors have been elected.
What is left now is for the Senate to ratify the substitute bill to incorporate both versions before it is transmitted to President Rodrigo Duterte to be signed into law.
CNN Philippines correspondent Xianne Arcangel contributed to this report.
https://www.cnnphilippines.com/news/2021/9/22/House-ratifies-BARMM-polls-bicam-report.html
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