BARMM lawmakers arrive for inaugural session amid tight security

COTABATO CITY — Elected members of the Bangsamoro Parliament began arriving at the Bangsamoro Government Center (BGC) on Friday morning for its inaugural session on the afternoon.

At around 10 a.m., luxury vehicles were seen at the BGC’s main gate as light rain continued to fall.  

Among the early birds were Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) chairman and United Bangsamoro Justice Party (UBJP) president Ahod “Al Haj Murad” Ebrahim.

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Members of the Philippine National Police’s Civil Disturbance Management Unit were deployed at the main entrance to help maintain peace and order.

President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. is expected to attend the historic session.

No official pronouncement has been made on Marcos’s attendance at the session, but tarpaulin banners welcoming him were displayed along major roads leading to the BGC.

Two presidential helicopters, which will purportedly transport the President and his party to the BARMM compound, were also on standby at Awang Airport in Datu Odin Sinsuat, Maguindanao del Norte, as of Friday morning.

The inaugural session at the Parliament Plenary Hall of Shariff Kabunsuan Cultural Complex is scheduled to begin at 1:30 p.m./coa