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The transition to self-rule in the Bangsamoro, the majority-Muslim region in the southern Philippines, is proceeding apace. Militants outside the associated peace process are losing strength but could recover. Regional and national authorities should do all in their power to keep that from happening.
The last Plebiscite Committee leaves the distribution center in Buluan, Maguindanao for Tamontaka in Cotabato City a little past 6 a.m. on Monday as the first day of the plebiscite on the Bangsamoro Organic Law starts on Monday, January 21.
Today is #BangsamoroPlebiscite Day. Big day for everyone. Good luck to all. https://t.co/lBdPD90Ehb pic.twitter.com/0LQltCm1Ze
— COMELEC (@COMELEC) January 20, 2019
Commission on Elections spokesman James Jimenez said over the weekend that as high as 75 percent of the more than two million voters from Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (ARMM), as well as the cities of Isabela in Basilan and Cotabato in Maguindanao are expected to go out and cast their votes.
A second plebiscite day is set for February 6 for areas in North Cotabato and Lanao del Norte.
State-run Philippine Deposit Insurance Corp. (PDIC) is targeting to dispose of 807 real properties and resolve 17,826 loan accounts in closed banks in a bid to clean up its non-cash portfolio this year. PDIC President and CEO Roberto Tan reported that since 2019 the state deposit insurer has already disposed…