BTA to pass bill creating Bangsamoro Youth Commission

Dr. Marianie Macasalong

 
COTABATO CITY --- The drafted bill for the creation of the Bangsamoro Youth Commission (BYC) is now on its second readingin the Bangsamoro Transition Authority (BTA).

        Executive Director Dr. Marianie Macasalong of the Office on Bangsamoro Youth Affairs (OBYA), who is also a member of the  BTA, said the BYC will replace the OBYA, which was created under the defnct Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (ARMM).

The OBYA was created to plan, prepare, and implement development programs that will address the concerns of the ARMM’s youth sector.

Macasalong said the BYC will be patterned with the National Youth Commission (NYC) and will  exercise the autonomous privilege given to the BARMM.”

        He said there will be minor changes in the mandate, powers, and functions of the BYC “in order to widen the scope of the office and strengthen it.”

He said it will address one of the main challenges of the previous administration, which is the coordination of the OBYA with other departments in the ARMM.

“We would strengthen the coordination of our office with the other ministries in order to maximize the programs and activities related to the youths.

The BTA will also pass the bills drafted for the creation of the following offices: Bangsamoro Planning and Development Authority, Bangsamoro Economic Development Council, Bangsamoro Women Commission, Attorney General’s Office, Bangsamoro Sports Commission, and the Bangsamoro Human Rights Commission.  (BUREAU OF PUBLIC INFORMATION, BARMM / MINDANAO EXPOSE’)