COTABATO CITY – The passage of remaining priority codes will be the Bangsamoro Transition Authority's top agenda once the Parliament resumes its legislative duties for the third regular session on Tuesday, June 15, said Speaker Atty. Ali Pangalian Balindong.
The three remaining key legislation cited in the Bangsamoro Organic Law are electoral, local government, and revenue code. Click above to read more…..
The electoral code drafted by the Government of the Day’s technical working group has already been submitted to the Commission on Elections. The Comelec has formed a committee to evaluate and analyze the said code to draft observations, comments, and recommendations.
The revenue code is yet to be filed while the local government code has been approved at the committee level and is now ready to be discussed in the Parliament.
“We will continue serving our people despite the ongoing health crisis. This pandemic will not hamper our efforts to achieve our desire for lasting peace and development. We have already faced a vicious cycle of conflict in this peace process, and we have high hopes that during the third regular session we will strengthen our commitment to making this transition successful,” Balindong said.
He assured that the Parliament is stepping up its efforts to realize the Bangsamoro region's aspirations and ideals and that measures to ensure the region's peace and welfare will continue to be prioritized
The Parliament has approved 18 measures, including three priority codes – the Administrative Code, Civil Service Code, and Bangsamoro Education Code.
To date,
there are about 100 bills and 430 resolutions filed in the plenary. Out of the
430 proposed resolutions, 122 were approved by the Parliament. (PUBLICATION
AND MEDIA RELATIONS DIVISION, BTA, MINDANAO EXPOSE’)
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