Professional Documents
Culture Documents
Powers Deleted in SB 2894 Already Granted To ARMM
Powers Deleted in SB 2894 Already Granted To ARMM
As of 15 August 2015 1
e. The exclusive power over registration of births, marriages, and deaths
was deleted. RA 9054 empowers the Regional Legislative Assembly to
enact laws on registration of births, marriages, and deaths within the
region (RA 9054, Article XV, Sec. 2). Furthermore, RA 7160 mandates
cities and municipalities to appoint a civil registrar to perform within
the local government unit the civil registration program pursuant to
the Civil Registry Law, the Civil Code, and other pertinent laws, rules,
and regulations.
f. The exclusive power over water supplies and services, flood control,
and irrigation systems in the Bangsamoro was deleted. RA 9054
already grants the Regional Government the power to adopt and
implement and water use program (RA 9054, Article XI, Sec. 4),
directs the Regional Government to provide, maintain, and ensure
water resource development and maintain appropriate disaster-
preparedness units (RA 9054, Article III, Sec. 11).
g. The power to temporarily take over or direct operation of privately-
owned public utility or business affected with public interest in times
of state calamity was deleted. (RA 9054, Article XII, Sec. 12)
h. The power to recognize constructive or traditional possession of lands
and resources by ICCs was deleted. (Article X, Sec. 2)
i. The power to adopt and implement a comprehensive urban land
reform and land use program was deleted. (RA 9054, Article XI, Sec. 4)
j. The power to enact a civil service law was deleted. (RA 9054, Article
VI, Sec. 13)
k. The Bangsamoro Government’s power to create other LGUs is now
only limited to barangays. (RA 9054, Article VI, Sec. 19 as qualified by
the case of Sema vs. COMELEC)
l. The Bangsamoro Government’s power to create economic zones and
industrial estates is now made subject to application with and the
approval of the Philippine Export Zone Authority (PEZA). RA 9054
empowered the Regional Government to create a Regional Export
Zone Authority (REZA) which performs the functions of PEZA, in
addition to those that may be further provided in a regional law,
within the region. (RA 9054, Article XII, Sec. 4). Likewise, the exclusive
power over free ports is now a reserved power of the National
Government. RA 9054 includes free ports in the jurisdiction of the
Regional Export Zone Authority (RA 9054, Article XII, Sec. 4)
m. The power to enact a law that would allow augmentation in any item
in the Bangsamoro GAA was granted to the ARMM but is taken away
in SB No. 2894. (RA 9054, Article VII, Sec. 21f)
n. The power to enact laws, rules, and regulations governing the regional
police was deleted. RA 9054 empowered the RLA to enact laws to
govern the Regional Police Force (RA 9054, Article XIII, Sec. 3)
o. The following powers of the Regional Governor over the regional
police were deleted:
As of 15 August 2015 2
i. To recommend to the President the appointment of the
regional director and his deputies (RA 9054, Article XIII, Sec.
8d)
ii. To exercise operational control and supervision and
disciplinary powers over the Bangsamoro Police (RA 9054,
Article XIII, Sec. 8b)
iii. To employ or deploy the elements of and assign or reassign the
Bangsamoro Police through the Bangsamoro Police Director
(RA 9054, Article XIII, Sec. 8c)
iv. To directly impose administrative penalties on personnel of
the Bangsamoro Police which, according to SB 2894, can only
be done through the PLEB. (RA 9054, Article XIII, Sec. 8f)
As of 15 August 2015 3
II. The following are powers already exercised by ARMM and were
transferred from exclusive to concurrent in SB No. 2894:
a. The exclusive power over health. RA 9054 mandated the Regional
Government to provide, maintain, and ensure the delivery of, among
others, basic and responsive health programs (RA 9054, Article III,
Sec. 11)
b. The exclusive power over science and technology. RA 9054 grants the
RLA the power to enact laws on science and technology (RA 9054,
Article XIV, Sec. 16)
c. The exclusive power over research councils and scholarships. A
comparable power or competency was already devolved to the
ARMM. RA 9054 enjoins the Regional Government to provide
scholarships to qualified poor but deserving students in all levels of
education. The Regional Government shall administer the scholarship
programs of the Commission on Higher Education and the Technical
Education and Skills Development Authority scholarship programs,
both local and foreign within the region (RA 9054, Article XIV, Sec.
20). It shall provide financial assistance to disadvantaged but
deserving students from any funds including those provided by the
central government or national government for that purpose (RA
9054, Article XIV, Sec. 21)
d. The exclusive power over libraries, museums, historical, cultural, and
archaeological sites. Under RA 9054, the Regional Government shall
recognize, respect, protect, preserve, revive, develop, promote, and
enhance the culture, customs, traditions, beliefs, and practices of the
people of the autonomous region. It shall encourage and undertake
the recovery, collection, collation, and restoration of historical and
cultural properties for posterity (RA 9054, Article XIV, Sec. 26). The
Regional Assembly may, by law, create a bureau on cultural heritage
which shall plan, initiate, implement, and monitor cultural programs,
projects, and activities that preserve and enhance the positive
elements of the indigenous culture of the inhabitants of the
autonomous region (RA 9054, Article XIV, Sec. 27).
e. The exclusive power over cadastral land survey. The functions of the
DENR relevant to cadastral land surveys were transferred to ARMM
by virtue of Executive Order No. 425, s. 1990 and further effected by
Administrative Order No. 81, s. 1990.
As of 15 August 2015 4
III. The following are other amendments found in SB No. 2894 which have
counterpart or relevant provisions in RA No. 9054:
a. The concurrent power over penology and penitentiary was deleted.
Currently, the Department of Interior and Local Government’s Bureau
of Jail Management and Penology has supervision and control over all
city and municipal jails while the provincial governments supervise
and control their own provincial jails (RA 6975 or PNP LAW, Sec. 61).
Under the LGC, sites for municipal jail and provincial jails are among
the basic services and facilities that a municipality and province shall
provide [LOCAL GOVERNMENT CODE, Sec. 17(2)(xii), Sec. 17(3)(vi)]
b. The jurisdiction over internal security, a matter which has several
components, is now a reserved power of the National Government.
The Constitution provides that the preservation of peace and order
within the regions shall be the responsibility of the local police
agencies which shall be organized, maintained, supervised, and
utilized in accordance with applicable laws, while the defense and
security of the regions shall be the responsibility of the National
Government (CONSTITUTION, Article X, Sec. 21). RA 9054 provides
for the creation of a Regional Police Force (RA 9054, Article XIII, Sec.
2) and grants the Regional Assembly the power to enact laws to
govern the Regional Police Force consistent with the pertinent
provisions of the Constitution and the Organic Act (RA 9054, Art. XIII,
Sec. 3).
c. Preamble was deleted. Both RA 6734 and RA 9054 contained a
Preamble.
d. Jurisdiction of Shari’ah courts limited to persons and family relations.
RA 9054 empowers the Regional Legislative Assembly to formulate a
Shari’ah legal system that covers cases involving persons, family, and
property relations, commercial transactions, and criminal cases
involving Muslims (RA 9054, Article III, Sec. 5)
e. Provisions on the creation of the Shari’ah High Court were deleted.
The counterpart in RA 9054 is the Shari’ah Appellate Court (RA 9054,
Article VIII, Sec. 7).
f. The national CHR is compelled to create the Bangsamoro Autonomous
Region Human Rights Office while at the same time allowing the
Bangsamoro Government to organize its own human rights body
under concurrent powers. Note that the existing Regional Human
Rights Commission in ARMM is a creation of the Regional Legislative
Assembly and has a complementary relationship with the national
CHR (RA 9054, Article III, Sec. 16)
As of 15 August 2015 5