Fast facts on the provisions of the Bangsamoro Organic Law

After years of negotiations between the Philippine government and the Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF), Republic Act 11054 was signed into law by President Rodrigo Duterte on July 26, 2018.

The Bangsamoro Organic Law (BOL) creates the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region to replace the Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (ARMM).

The Bangsamoro Autonomous Region will have land and water jurisdiction, fiscal autonomy, and an increased share in national government resources, among others.

On January 21, 2019, the first votes were cast in a two-day plebiscite to ratify the BOL. The vote marks an unprecedented progress in the peace process between the government and the formerly separatist MILF since the two parties inked a peace agreement in 2014.

— BM, GMA News