The 2nd Bangsamoro Transition Authority (BTA) Parliament, is the second interim
Bangsamoro Parliament
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, the legislature of the transitional regional government of
Bangsamoro
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It is composed of members of the
Bangsamoro Transition Authority
The Bangsamoro Transition Authority is the interim regional government of the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region of the Philippines and has executive and legislative powers over the region.
History
With the ratification of the Bangsamoro Organic La ...
which had a new set of members on August 12, 2022, who are appointed by President
Bongbong Marcos
Ferdinand "Bongbong" Romualdez Marcos Jr. ( , , ; born September 13, 1957), commonly referred to by the initials PBBM or BBM, is a Filipino politician who is the 17th and current president of the Philippines. He previously served as a senat ...
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It succeeded the 1st BTA Parliament of 2019 to 2022 and had its inaugural session on September 15, 2022. The first regular session opened on September 20, 2022.
Leadership
For the second parliament, the position of majority and minority leaders were discontinued.
Sha Elijah Dumama-Alba was initially named as majority leader with no minority leader named. Dumama-Alba was later redesignated as floor leader.[
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Composition
The interim Bangsamoro Parliament's mandate was supposed to end on June 30, 2022, as per the Bangsamoro Organic Law, but this was extended to 2025 by law passed by President Rodrigo Duterte
Rodrigo Roa Duterte (, ; born March 28, 1945), also known as Digong, Rody, and by the initials DU30 and PRRD, is a Filipino lawyer and politician who served as the 16th president of the Philippines from 2016 to 2022. He is the chairperson ...
whose presidency ended on the same day the interim parliament is supposed to be dissolved.
Duterte's successor President Bongbong Marcos
Ferdinand "Bongbong" Romualdez Marcos Jr. ( , , ; born September 13, 1957), commonly referred to by the initials PBBM or BBM, is a Filipino politician who is the 17th and current president of the Philippines. He previously served as a senat ...
appointed a new set of members for the interim parliament. 49 were reappointed while are 31 new members. The composition of 41 MILF nominees and 39 government nominees were still retained. The MILF nominees include people associated with the MNLF — eight from the Sema-Jikiri faction and seven from the Nur Misuari
Nur Misuari ( Tausug: ''Nūr Miswāri'', born Nurallaji Pinang Misuari; March 3, 1939) is a Moro Filipino revolutionary and politician, founder and leader of the Moro National Liberation Front.
Early and Personal life
Nur Misuari was born on ...
's faction. Misuari's group became part of the parliament for the first time.
The BTA under President Marcos would be informally referred to as "BTA2" while the BTA under Duterte became retroactively known as "BTA1".
An inaugural session with the new set of members appointed by Marcos was held on September 15, 2022. A new set of officials was elected as well, including Pangalian Balindong
Ali Pangalian M. Balindong (born 1 January 1940) is a Filipino lawyer and politician. He is the current speaker of the Bangsamoro Parliament. He is also a former deputy speaker of the Philippine House of Representatives and a member of the 1971 ...
who was again elected as speaker.[ Additional officers were elected and the minority and majority leader position were abolished on the first regular session on September 20, 2022.][
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Graphical representation
This is the graphical representation of the 2nd Bangsamoro Transition Authority showing its make up (as of September 15, 2022):
*Note this is not the official seating plan of the Bangsamoro Parliament.
List of MPs
Former MPs
These includes members who were part of the 1st parliament who are not reappointed to the 2nd parliament. No elections were held for the 2nd parliament.
Changes
References
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