LIVE UPDATES: First BARMM parliamentary elections
The Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao is holding its first parliamentary elections on September 14, 2026, after being postponed at least four times: first in May 2022, then in May 2025, October 2025, and again in March 2026.
The historic polls are seen as a pivotal moment in the decades-long peace process in a region that was mired in conflict and socioeconomic and political challenges. The upcoming elections are also a test for the Bangsamoro transition and the institutions and systems established in the last seven years. (READ: How can the next BARMM gov’t make sure no one is left behind?)
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MILF camp a battleground against voter illiteracy in BARMM
Camp Darapanan, the Moro Islamic Liberation Front’s main base in what was once the undivided Maguindanao territory, became a battleground once again — this time, against voter illiteracy in the predominantly Muslim region.
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Dangerous ‘political tremors’ feared after SC excluded Sulu from BARMM
Back in 2024, Muslim authorities had expressed fears of “far-reaching consequences” after the Supreme Court (SC) decided to exclude Sulu from the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (BARMM), with one lawmaker describing the impact as “political tremors that endanger the very foundation of a unified Bangsamoro.”
The SC announced on September 9, 2024, that it has ruled to uphold the constitutionality of the Bangsamoro Organic Law, but that it also ruled to exclude Sulu from BARMM because the province did not ratify it during the 2019 plebiscite.
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