Provisions of Article V or political parties under BTA Bill No. 29, or the proposed Bangsamoro Electoral Code were the focus of the discussion today of the Bangsamoro Parliament’s Rules Committee.

Article V of the BEC specifies the following sections: the requirement of a political party, the composition of political parties, the election and nomination of members of the various bodies, registration as a political party, the nomination of candidates, and party conventions.

Political parties are crucial to the functioning of a parliamentary democracy, as outlined in the proposed code.

With the qualifications set by the Bangsamoro Electoral Code, according to the Bangsamoro Organic Law (BOL), any organized group in the Bangsamoro region can register as a political party with the Bangsamoro Electoral Office.

In 2025, the Bangsamoro Parliament will consist of 80 members: 50% from political parties, 40% from electoral districts, and 10% from reserved seats and sectors.

As stated in the BOL, the Bangsamoro government shall adopt an electoral system that is consistent with national election laws, allows democratic participation, encourages the formation of genuinely principled political parties, and ensures accountability.

The BEC is one of the priority codes of the BTA that will secure that the election of officers in the Bangsamoro region is honest, credible, just, and free.

Floor Leader and COR Chair Atty. Sha Elijah Dumama-Alba presided over the deliberation of the proposed code on Monday, February 6.(LTAIS-Public Information, Publication, and Media Relations Division)

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Day 2 of BEC Committee Deliberations

The Bangsamoro Parliament’s Rules Committee has started deliberating the proposed electoral code, a measure that would create an electoral framework responsive to the needs of the Bangsamoro people.

On Saturday, February 4, the committee discussed for nearly nine hours Articles I through V of BTA Bill No. 29. These articles cover the bill’s introduction, the establishment of an electoral office and its bureaus, the creation of an electoral tribunal, and the frameworks of political parties.

Day 1 BEC Committee Deliberations

Following a series of public consultations, the proposed Bangsamoro Electoral Code is now up for committee deliberations.

The Committee on Rules, chaired by Atty. Sha Elijah Dumama-Alba, started discussions on BTA Bill No. 29 with a briefing on the consolidated matrix of position papers.

The committee held 12 public consultations in Manila, Cotabato City, Maguindanao del Norte, Maguindanao del Sur, Lanao del Sur, Basilan, Sulu, Tawi-Tawi, and the BARMM Special Geographic Area.

They received position papers from national offices, local government unit officials, civil society organizations, election watchdogs, academe, religious sector representatives, indigenous people, women, youth groups, and other stakeholders.

Atty. Dumama-Alba said that the consolidated positions will be carefully reviewed by the committee before submitting it to the plenary in February.

The proposed electoral code will outline the structural, functional, and procedural principles governing the election of officers in the Bangsamoro region (LTAIS-Public Information, Publication, and Media Relations Division)

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LANAO DEL SUR | The Bangsamoro Parliament’s Rules Committee held the last leg of its consultations for the proposed Bangsamoro Electoral Code, gathering the legislative input of stakeholders from Lanao del Sur.

Provincial, city, municipal, and barangay local government units, as well as election experts, academic institutions, religious sectors, and civil society organizations from the province, participated in the sixth and final round of public consultation.

The constitutionality, party district representatives, registration of political parties, representation of women, youth, and the religious sector in the proposed code were among the concerns raised by the stakeholders in Lanao del Sur.

Deputy Speaker Atty. Paisalin Tago assured that all of the input from the series of consultations will be thoroughly addressed during the committee deliberations.

The Parliament Bill No. 29, or the Bangsamoro Electoral Code, is a key measure that will prescribe the structural, functional, and procedural principles governing the holding of elections for officers in the region.

The public consultations led by the Rules Committee have already consulted stakeholders and experts from Manila, Basilan, Sulu, Tawi-Tawi, Maguindanao, Cotabato City, and the BARMM Special Geographic Area. (LTAIS-Public Information, Publication, and Media Relations Division)

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