THE Commission on Elections (Comelec) will resume on Aug. 28 the printing of the 2.3 million official ballots that will be used for the first parliamentary elections of the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (BARMM)., This news data comes from:http://vximc.gyglfs.com
Comelec Chairman George Erwin Garcia said on Wednesday that the Commission en banc reached the decision after receiving confirmation that Parliament Bill 351 or the Bangsamoro Parliamentary Redistricting Act of 2025 has not yet been signed by the Parliament speaker and the chief minister.Parliament Bill 351 is supposed to amend Bangsamoro Autonomy Act 58 or the Bangsamoro Parliamentary District Act of 2024, which was passed by the Bangsamoro Transition Authority (BTA) on Feb. 28 2024.
The Comelec stopped the printing of ballots on Aug. 21, a day before the scheduled start of printing by the National Printing Office, following the approval by the BARMM parliament of a bill redistributing the seven district seats originally allocated to the province of Sulu.Garcia said that the commission will not change the schedule for the distribution of ballots and other election paraphernalia.
Comelec to resume BARMM polls ballot printing Thursday
The Bangsamoro election will cover 73 parliamentary seats — 40 for party-list nominees and 33 district representatives.
- A suicide bombing near a political rally in southwestern Pakistan kills 13 and wounds 30
- Israeli army: Gaza City now 'a dangerous combat zone'
- DPWH fires Bulacan engineers, blacklists contractors over anomalous projects
- NATO members to reach 2% defense spending goal this year
- Thai Court: PM Shinawatra violated ethics rules
- Hawaii's Kilauea volcano erupts with lava pouring out from multiple vents
- Marcos inspects rock shed project in Benguet
- New DPWH chief Dizon: "A department can't investigate itself"
- Scramble for survivors as Afghan earthquake death toll passes 1,400
- Gloria Arroyo files bill to empower Office of the Vice President
