LEGAL REMEDY. North Cotabato provincial board member Dulia Sultan shows the documents she submitted before the Supreme Court in Manila on Monday (Jan. 10, 2022) seeking to stop a Commission on Elections ruling barring 200,000 registered voters from the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao Special Geographic Area (SGA-BARMM) in North Cotabato from voting for local officials. Under, Comelec Minute Resolution Number 21-0953, SGA-BARMM voters are not allowed to vote for mayor, vice-mayor, town councilors, governor, vice governor, board members, and House representative. (Photo from Board Member Sultan FB page) COTABATO CITY - A provincial board member in North Cotabato has sought a temporary restraining order (TRO) before the Supreme Court (SC) against a Commission on Elections (Comelec) minute resolution barring voters in 63 villages in the province that joined the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (BARMM) from electing local officials in the May 9, 2022 elections
DAVAO CITY Bangsamoro regional government officials are appealing to the Commission on Elections (Comelec) to reconsider its recent resolution that barred voters from newly included areas to vote for local candidates. The Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (Barmm) officials filed their appeal a day after the Comelec released its Minute…