SC postpones Oct. 13 BARMM elections; resets polls to not later than March 31, 2026
The Supreme Court (SC) postponed the Oct. 13, 2025 parliamentary elections in the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (BARMM) and reset the polls to not later than March 31, 2026.
The resetting of the elections was a result of the SC’s full court decision last Tuesday, Sept. 30, that declared unconstitutional the Bangsamoro Autonomy Act (BAA) No. 77 and the previous BAA No. 58.
BAA 77 reorganized the parliamentary districts within BARMM to reallocate the seven seats initially assigned to the province of Sulu.
The previous law, BAA 58, created the parliamentary districts within BARMM.
The Bangsamoro Transition Authority
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