Cotabato City communities, leaders back peaceful BARMM polls
Local leaders and residents in Cotabato City have expressed support for peaceful regional parliamentary elections in the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao. Security forces are coordinating with local government to ensure the safety of the upcoming polls.
Why it matters
The stability of the BARMM region is critical for peace and development in the southern Philippines.
COTABATO CITY, Philippines - Local residents and community leaders are optimistic about peaceful and orderly Bangsamoro regional parliamentary polls in all of the 37 barangays in this city, the region's capital.
The territory of the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao encompasses five provinces, Maguindanao del Norte, Maguindanao del Sur, Lanao del Sur, Basilan and Tawi-Tawi, and three cities, Lamitan, Marawi and Cotabato, where BARMM's 32-hectare regional government center is located.
Brig. Gen. Ricky Bunayog, acting commander of the Army's 6th Infantry Division, said on Friday, September 11, that leaders of the Muslim and Christian and indigenous Teduray communities in Cotabato City and their mayor, Bruce Matabalao, had assured him of their support for efforts of the Commission on Elections to ensure safe and credible September 14 BARMM elections in their 37 barangays.
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