COTABATO CITY — President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. has named the new 80 members of the Bangsamoro Transition Authority, a month after assuming office.
The majority of their workforce is
comprised of lawyers, lawyer-certified public accountants, engineers, teachers,
doctors, architects, media practitioners, politicians, former elected officials
at the local levels, and government bureaucrats.
They are the representatives from the
provinces of Maguindanao, Lanao del Sur, Lanao del Norte, Sulu, Basilan, and
Tawi-Tawi, as well as members of the Bangsamoro community in North Cotabato,
indigenous peoples who are not Moro, the Kalagan or Kagan community in Davao
Oriental, and Christian or settler communities in Davao City and Cotabato City.
Below are the newly appointed members:
The BTA is dominated by Moro Islamic
Liberation Front with 41 nominees and 39 from the government.
According to R.A. 11054 or the
Bangsamoro Organic Law, the BTA “shall be the interim government in the
Bangsamoro Autonomous Region during the transition period,” with legislative
and executive powers and functions of the Bangsamoro government.
The BOL further specifies that the “MILF
shall lead the BTA, without prejudice to the participation of the MNLF in its
membership. It shall be composed of 80 members, who shall be appointed by the
President.
Of this 80, 41 members shall come from
the Moro Islamic Liberation Front and the remaining 39 from the Government of
the Philippines.
The composition of the 41 MILF members
is a product of a consultative process carried out by MILF through an internal
review and vetting process. This list was submitted to the Office of the
President through the Office of the Presidential Adviser on Peace,
Reconciliation, and Unity, and subject to a selection and evaluation process of
the Office of the President.
The BTA is tasked with producing results
that will address a variety of challenges, including peace and security
concerns, poverty reduction, business and job creation, and stability between
ethnic clans and economic classes, among others.
This year, the BTA was scheduled to end
on June 30 after the regular members of the BARMM parliament will be chosen on
May 9 during the national and local elections. However, Congress decided to
push back the regional elections until 2025, adding three more years to the
BTA. (LTAIS-Public Information, Publication, and Media Relations Division)
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