Bangsamoro

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Bangsamoro

‫( بانجسامورو‬Arabic)

‫( باڠسامورو‬Tausug)

Autonomous region

Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao

Filipino: Rehiyong Awtonomo ng Bangsamoro sa Muslim Mindanao

Arabic: ‫منطقة بانجسامورو ذاتية الحكم فى مسلمى مينداناو‬

Bangsamoro Government Center Bulingan Falls, Lamitan city, Basilan

Panampangan Island, Sapa-sapa, Tawi-Tawi Polloc Port, Parang, Maguindanao

Lanao Lake at Marawi City PC Hill Cotabato City

Left to right, top to bottom: Bulingan Falls, Lamitan, Basilan; Bangsamoro Government Center;
Panampangan Island, Sapa-sapa, Tawi-Tawi; Polloc Port, Parang, Maguindanao; Lanao Lake at Marawi
City; and PC Hill, Cotabato City

Flag of Bangsamoro

Flag

Official seal of Bangsamoro

Seal

Anthem: Bangsamoro Hymn

Location in the Philippines

Location in the Philippines

Coordinates: 7°13′N 124°15′ECoordinates: 7°13′N 124°15′E

CountryPhilippines

Creation plebiscitea January 21, 2019

Turnoverb February 26, 2019

Inauguration of government March 29, 2019

Regional center Cotabato City[1]

Government

• Type Devolved regional parliamentary government within a unitary presidential constitutional

republic

• Body Bangsamoro Transition Authority

• Wa'lī Khalifa Nando

• Chief Minister Murad Ebrahim

• Deputy Chief Ministers[2] Ali Solaiman

(Deputy for the Mainland)

Vacant

(Deputy for the Islands)

• Speaker of the Parliament Pangalian Balindong

Population (2015 census) [3]

• Total 4,080,825

• Households 617,813

Time zone UTC+08:00 (PST)

Provinces

Cities

Municipalities 116

Barangays 2,590 (including 63 in the special geographic area in Cotabato)

Legislative districts 8

Languages

FilipinoArabicEnglishMaranaoCebuanoYakanTausugSamaIranunChavacanoTirurayMaguindanaonSabah
Malay

Website bangsamoro.gov.ph

^ Two-part plebiscite held in two dates. The first part held on January 21, 2019 was for the ratification of
the Bangsamoro Organic Law, the charter legislation of the region while the second part was to
determine the final possible expanded scope of the region's territory. January 21, 2019 is recognized as
the "Bangsamoro Foundation Day" as per the Bangsamoro Administrative Code.[4] ^ Effective
dissolution of the predecessor autonomous region, Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (ARMM)
and turnover of governance to the interim body, Bangsamoro Transition Authority.

Bangsamoro, officially the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (BARMM) (Filipino:
Rehiyong Awtonomo ng Bangsamoro sa Muslim Mindanao; Arabic: ‫منطقة بانجسامورو ذاتية الحكم‬, Munṭiqah
banjisāmūrū dhātiyyah al-ḥukm), is an autonomous region located in the Southern Philippines.

Replacing the Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (ARMM), the BARMM was formed with the
ratification of its basic law, the Bangsamoro Organic Law following two-part legally-binding plebiscite in
Western Mindanao held on January 21 and February 6, 2019. The ratification was confirmed a few days
later on January 25 by the Commission on Elections (COMELEC).

The establishment of Bangsamoro was the culmination of several years of peace talks between the
Philippine government and several autonomist groups; in particular the Moro Islamic Liberation Front or
MILF, which rejected the validity of the ARMM and called for the creation of a region with more powers
devolved from the national government. A framework agreement known as the Comprehensive
Agreement on the Bangsamoro was negotiated between the Aquino administration and the MILF in
2014. After continued negotiations and debates over certain provisions, the Congress of the Philippines
created and ratified a basic law for the region, now referred to as the Bangsamoro Organic Law; the bill
was signed into law by President Rodrigo Duterte on July 26, 2018. Despite questions on the region's
constitutionality, as it would have adopted a parliamentary system in an area of a country with a
presidential system of government, no judicial ruling was made against the organic law and
consequently the COMELEC held two-part plebiscite: one by ARMM citizens determining whether to
dissolve the ARMM and immediately replace it with the Bangsamoro and, following the victory of the
yes vote on the first part,[5][6][7] and the second part taken by neighboring municipalities and
barangays in the provinces of Lanao del Norte and Cotabato regarding their cession to the Bangsamoro
region.[8][9][10][11] As a result of the second part of the plebiscite, 63 barangays of Cotabato province
were handed over to the Bangsamoro government, adding to the autonomous region's territory.[12][8]

The Bangsamoro took the place of the ARMM as the only Muslim-majority autonomous region in the
Philippines.[13] Currently in transition until 2022, the Bangsamoro government has been considered a
testing ground for the wider debate on constitutional reform and federalism in the Philippines.