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Second Regular Session

HOUSE BILL No8222

Introduced by Rep. Mohamad Khalid Q. Dimaporo

EXPLANATORY NOTE

This bill seeks to provide an extension of the Transition Period for the Bangsamoro
Organic Law, and conduct the First Regular Election in the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region
in Muslim Mindanao with the 2028 National and Local Elections.

This legislative measure likewise intends to fulfill the Annex on Normalization under
the Comprehensive Agreement on the Bangsamoro (CAB) and the Framework Agreement on
the Bangsamoro (FAB) for the reintegration of the MILF Combatants to mainstream society.

In view of the foregoing premises, the prompt approval of this measure is earnestly
sought and recommended.

MOHAMAD KHALID Q. [APORO
1" District, Lanao del Norte


Republic of the Philippines
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

Quezon City

EIGHTEENTH CONGRESS
Second Regular Session

HOUSE BILL NO. 8222
Introduced by Rep. Mohamad Khalid Q. Dimaporo

AN ACT AMENDING SECTION 13 ARTICLE XVI OF REPUBLIC ACT NO. 11054,
THE ORGANIC LAW FOR THE BANGSAMORO AUTONOMOUS REGION IN
MUSLIM MINDANAO, FOR THE PURPOSE OF EXTENDING THE TRANSITION.
PERIOD TO ENSURE THE SUCCESSFUL IMPLEMENTATION OF THE ANNEX
ON NORMALIZATION UNDER THE FRAMEWORK AGREEMENT ON THE
BANGSAMORO (FAB), ALLOWING THE FIRST REGULAR ELECTION FOR THE
BANGSAMORO PARLIAMENT TO BE SYNCHRONIZED WITH THE 2028
NATIONAL ELECTIONS

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the Philippines in
Congress assembled:

SECTION 1. Section 13 of Article XVI of RA 11054 or the Bangsamoro Organic
Law is hereby amended to include the following and read as follows:

"Section 13, First Regular Election, - The first regular election for
the Bangsamoro Government shall be held and synchronized with the 2022
National Elections. The Commission on Elections, through the Bangsamoro
Electoral Office, shall promulgate rules and regulations for the conduct of the
elections, enforce and administer them pursuant to national laws, this Organic
Law, and the Bangsamoro Electoral Code.

Provided, that the Annex on Normalization, and all other agreements
under the Framework Agreement on the Bangsamoro (FAB) not be achieved
by May 2022, the transition period shall be extended to 2028. The first general
elections for the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region for Muslim Mindanao
(BARMM) shall then be synchronized with the 2028 national elections.

Provided further, that The Department of Budget and Management
(DBM), in coordination with the Bangsamoro Autonomous Regional
Government (BARG), shall be authorized to charge the needed appropriations
to fulfill the Annex on Normalization, and all other agreements under
Framework Agreement on the Bangsamoro (FAB), against the Block Grant and
the Special Development Fund within the 2022 to 2028 General Appropriations
Act.”

SECTION 2. Separability Clause. - If for any section or provision of this Act is
declared unconstitutional, the other section or provision not so declared shall continue to be
in full force and effect.


SECTION 3. Repealing Clause. - All laws, decrees, orders, rules and regulations
and other issuances or parts thereof, which are inconsistent with this Act, are hereby repealed
or modified accordingly.

SECTION 4. Effectivity. - This Act shall take effect fifteen (15) days following its
complete publication in the Official Gazette and in at least two (2) national newspapers of
general circulation, and one (1) local newspaper of general circulation in the autonomous
region.

Approved,