Sports, Entertainment, Athletes and Games Network: 10/29/21

Friday, October 29, 2021

Walang balak si presidential aspirant Vice President Leni Robredo na ipatigil ang ilang programa ni Pangulong Rodrigo Duterte sakaling mahalal siya sa 2022, pero sarili niya raw na istilo ang ipatutupad.

Halimbawa, ang war on drugs ay tuloy pa rin pero hindi dapat nakatutok ang programa sa patayan. Mangunguna raw ang Dangerous Drugs Board (DDB) dito.

"Ang paniniwala ko, 'pag DDB iyong umupo na chair, ang plano niya hindi lang patay, patay, patay. Ang plano niya talagang very comprehensive, heavy on prevention, heavy on rehabilitation," ani Robredo.

Plano rin niyang ituloy ang "Build Build Build" program pero sa paraang mas marami ang makakaramdam ng epekto nito.

Nakikipag-usap na rin daw si Robredo sa mga electric cooperatives sa Kongreso para sa pagpapababa ng halaga ng kuryente, pagpapaunlad sa mass transportation, at pagsuporta sa mga jeepney driver sa modernization program ng pamahalaan.

May ilang supporters din ang nagpakita ng kanilang suporta kay Robredo sa pagbisita nito sa Sorsogon, na probinsiya ng kanyang ama.

—Ulat ni Adrian Ayalin, ABS-CBN News

https://news.abs-cbn.com/news/10/29/21/robredo-itutuloy-ang-ilang-duterte-programs-pag-nanalo-sa-2022

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Duterte resets BARMM elections to 2025

By Ruth Abbey Gita-Carlos

President Rodrigo Duterte has signed a law postponing the first regular elections in the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (BARMM) from May 2023 to May 2025.

Republic Act (RA) 11593, which was inked by Duterte on Thursday, moves the date of the BARMM parliamentary and regional elections to May 2025, synchronized with the next mid-term elections.

"The Commission on Elections, through the Bangsamoro Electoral Office, shall promulgate rules and regulations for the conduct of the elections, enforce and administer them pursuant to national laws, this Organic Law and the Bangsamoro Election Code," the law read.

During the extension of the transition period, the Bangsamoro Transition Authority (BTA) will continue to serve as the BARMM interim government.

The President, however, may appoint the 80 new interim members of the BTA who will serve until June 30, 2025, or until the election of their successors, according to RA 11593.

RA 11593, which was made public on Friday, takes effect 15 days after its complete publication in the Official Gazette or at least one newspaper of general circulation.

"If any of the provisions of this Act is held unconstitutional, provisions not affected shall remain valid and binding," the law said. "All laws, decrees, and all other issuances or parts thereof, which are inconsistent with this Act, are hereby repealed, amended, or modified accordingly."

Several groups have called for the extension of the BTA's term to give it more time to finish its task in restructuring the Bangsamoro government.

The BTA, a provisional law-making body of the BARMM created through Bangsamoro Organic Law (BOL), is currently under a transition phase.

Under the BOL, the transition period is only three years from 2019 with an election of new BARM officials also scheduled on May 9, 2022, coinciding with the local and national polls.

BARMM officials have wanted to skip the scheduled 2022 elections for the region and move it to 2025 to complete transitional programs and projects for the constituents hampered by the coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19) pandemic.

https://www.pna.gov.ph/articles/1158190

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Duterte signs law postponing BARMM elections to 2025

The law extends the Bangsamoro Transition Authority, but gives the new Philippine president the chance to name new members for the additional three years it will be in power

Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte has approved legislation that moves the election of officials of the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (BARMM) from 2022 to 2025.

This means the region will be led by appointed, not elected, officials for another three years. It extends the Bangsamoro Transition Authority (BTA) but gives the new Philippine president the chance to name new members for the additional three years it will be in power.

Duterte signed into law the bill postponing the BARMM elections on Thursday, October 28, Bangsamoro Education Minister Mohagher Iqbal confirmed to Rappler on Friday, October 29.

The law is an amendment to the Bangsamoro Organic Law, which mandated that the first election for BARMM officials would be synchronized with the national elections in May 2022.

With this new law, the Bangsamoro elections would now be synchronized with the 2025 national elections.

The law also gives the Philippine president the power to appoint 80 members of the BTA once the term of the current BTA members expires on June 30, 2022. Since the new law amends only the part of the BOL related to elections, the provision that the BTA should be "led" by the Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) stays.

Duterte implemented this provision by naming MILF nominees to more than half of the BTA seats.

The BTA, led by MILF chief Murad Ebrahim, has aggressively pushed for the postponement of elections. They said the transition authority needed more time to implement the BOL, given delays in government programs caused by the COVID-19 pandemic.

The BARMM, with a population of over 4 million people, was established in early 2019 after the BOL was ratified in a plebiscite.

The landmark measure was enacted in 2018, four years after a historic peace deal was signed between the Philippine government and the MILF.

https://www.rappler.com/nation/duterte-signs-law-postponing-barmm-elections-to-2025