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Ex-Comelec chairman Sheriff Abas says the postponement of the Bangsamoro elections continues to be unsure, with a 50-50 probability
MANILA, Philippines – Former Fee on Elections (Comelec) chairman Sheriff Abas stood on the opposite aspect of the submitting course of on Wednesday, November 6, buying and selling his function of accepting certificates of candidacy for considered one of submitting his personal. The choice to run for Cotabato’s 1st district consultant left him with blended emotions, a sentiment that carried traces of his former duties.
“Medyo blended emotions kase dati ako yung nagre-receive ng certificates of candidacy (COC), lalo na sa Manila. Medyo bibo ang COC submitting natin sa Manila,” Abas instructed reporters.
(It’s a little bit of blended emotions as a result of I was the one receiving certificates of candidacy, particularly in Manila. The COC submitting there was at all times energetic.)
Abas is searching for to fill considered one of two allotted seats within the Bangsamoro Autonomous Area in Muslim Mindanao (BARMM), particularly representing the first parliamentary district of Cotabato Metropolis, the regional heart.
The previous Comelec chairman filed his COC beneath the United Bangsamoro Justice Occasion (UBJP), the celebration of the Moro Islamic Liberation Entrance (MILF), which is the dominant power within the interim Bangsamoro Transition Authority (BTA).
Requested why he formalized his candidacy regardless of the congressional push to postpone the elections, Abas responded that the end result was nonetheless unsure.
“Fifty p.c matuloy, 50% na hindi… meron din naman nag-ooppose at medyo gahol din sa oras
(There’s a 50% probability the elections will push by means of as scheduled, and 50% that it gained’t… there are additionally these opposing it, and there’s a little bit of a time constraint.)
On separate events on Monday and Tuesday, November 4 and 5, lawmakers launched payments to maneuver the 2025 BARMM parliamentary elections to 2026, following a Supreme Court docket (SC) ruling in September that excluded the province of Sulu from the BARMM.
Senate President Chiz Escudero filed Senate Invoice 2862 on Monday, proposing to defer the elections to Might 2026. The next day, Speaker Martin Romualdez and a number of other different legislators filed the same proposal beneath Home Invoice 11034.
Regardless of the proposals within the two homes of Congress, the Comelec has continued accepting COCs. The submitting interval for COCs within the BARMM began final Monday and would run till Saturday, November 9.
Abas stated it was time for voters to be given the possibility to decide on new faces and names, as an alternative of the standard political figures.
Abas, who served as Comelec chairman from 2018 to 2022, is the primary Mindanaoan and Muslim to go the fee. He stated he plans to work for the creation of extra job alternatives, enhancements within the schooling system, and enhanced street infrastructure and planning within the BARMM. – Rappler.com
