The Mindanao Peoples Caucus (MPC) on Monday welcomed the appointment of His Eminence, Cardinal Orlando Beltran Quevedo, OMI, D.D., as representative of Settler Communities in the Council of Leaders of the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (BARMM). Under Article VI Section 9 of the Bangsamoro Organic Law, the Council…
On October 28, 2021, Rodrigo Duterte, then president of the Philippines, signed into law a three-year extension of the transition period of the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region of Muslim Mindanao. The region’s first parliamentary elections are now scheduled for May 2025, alongside the national elections. In 2021, the Mindanao Peoples Caucus (MPC) actively campaigned for the extension of the transition period to provide more time for the Bangsamoro Transition Authority and the Philippine government to fully implement and deliver the commitments they made in the 2014 peace agreement between the national government and the Moro Islamic Liberation Front. The agreement grants greater political autonomy to the southern Mindanao region.