KORONADAL CITY —- Several election watchdogs on Tuesday urged Congress to desynchronize the parliamentary elections in the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (BARMM) from the 2022 elections.
Their call came amid a petition to extend the transition period in the Bangsamoro, which, in turn, would suspend the holding of the first elections in the new and expanded autonomous region in 2022.
Lawyer Rona Ann Caritos, executive director of the Legal Network for Truthful Elections, said synchronizing the BARMM polls with the 2022 elections would not augur well for the new Bangsamoro region’s quest for a new breed and brand of governance.
“If the national and BARMM par…
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