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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 ...

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, last = , abolished = , succession = , unofficial_names = , deputy = Deputy Speakers , salary = , website = The speaker of the Bangsamoro Parliament ( fil, Tagapagsalita ng Parlamento ng Bangsamoro}) is the presiding officer of the Bangsamoro Parliament, the regional legislature of

Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao ar, منطقة بانجسامورو ذاتية الحكم فى مسلمى مينداناو , native_name = , settlement_type = Autonomous regions of the Philippines, Autonomous region , anthem = Bangsa ...

(BARMM) of the

Philippines The Philippines (; fil, Pilipinas, links=no), officially the Republic of the Philippines ( fil, Republika ng Pilipinas, links=no), * bik, Republika kan Filipinas * ceb, Republika sa Pilipinas * cbk, República de Filipinas * hil, Republ ...

. The current speaker is

, who was elected by the parliament at the start of its inaugural session on March 29, 2019.

History

Prior to the establishment of the Bangsamoro Parliament on March 29, 2019, Chief Minister

Murad Ebrahim Ahod Balawag Ebrahim (born 15 May 1949), better known as Al-hajj Murad Ebrahim, is a Moro Filipino politician and former rebel leader currently serving as the first chief minister of the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao. As the c ...

named

Moro Islamic Liberation Front The Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF; ar, ''Jabhat Taḥrīr Moro al-ʾIslāmiyyah'') is a group based in Mindanao seeking an autonomous region of the Moro people from the central government. The group has a presence in the Bangsamoro r ...

(MILF) leader

Ghazali Jaafar Hajji Salik B. Abu more commonly known as Ghazali Jaafar (6 May 1944 – 13 March 2019) was a Filipino militant and government official. He fought under the Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF). He served as chairman of the Bangsamoro Transition C ...

as the person he preferred to become the first speaker of the parliament with lawyer and former Lanao del Sur congressman

as Jaafar's deputy. However Jaafar died on March 13. At the start of the inaugural session of the parliament, there were two nominees for the speakership, Balindong and Laisa Alamia, with the former elected by the

interim Bangsamoro Parliament 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 ...

as its speaker. Hatimil Hassan was elected as Balindong's deputy speaker. Additional co-deputies were elected by the parliament at later dates.

Function

The speaker is the presiding officer of the Bangsamoro Parliament whose role is to secure the honor of the parliament, ensure the rights and privileges of its members, and assure public access to its proceedings. The same presiding role could also be fulfilled by the speaker's deputies. The speaker also has administrative supervision over legislative personnel, staff, and secretariat of the Bangsamoro Parliament and is also the appointing authority of all career positions win the parliament. Although the speaker is mandated to consult with the

chief minister A chief minister is an elected or appointed head of government of – in most instances – a sub-national entity, for instance an administrative subdivision or federal constituent entity. Examples include a state (and sometimes a union terri ...

first for appointments of positions which has a salary grade of 25 and above.

History

Function

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