BARMM election 90% ready, says COMELEC

The Commission on Elections (Comelec) on Sunday said it is almost set for the 2025 Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (BARMM) parliamentary elections, which are scheduled on Oct. 13, 2025.

“90% to 95% na kaming handa (We are 90% to 95% ready),” Comelec chairperson George Garcia told Super Radyo DzBB.

“Gusto natin na igarantsya tuloy na tuloy na tuloy ang Bangsamoro parliamentary elections sa October 13. Meron kasi mga nagdududa na baka ipagliban na naman tulad ng Barangay at SK elections,” he added.

(We want to guarantee that the Bangsamoro parliamentary elections will proceed on Oct. 13. Some have have doubts that it will be postponed, like the barangay and Sangguniang Kabataan elections (BSKE).)

Garcia estimated about 2.3 million people will cast their votes for the BARMM elections.

In February, President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. signed into law a measure postponing the BARMM elections from May to October.

The suspension came months after the Supreme Court, in September 2024, upheld the validity of the Bangsamoro Organic Law but declared that Sulu was not part of BARMM. The Court denied motions seeking the reversal of the decision in November 2024.

On Aug. 13, Marcos signed into law a measure postponing the BSKE polls, setting the term of office of all elected barangay and SK officials to four years.

The BSKE polls, which were initially set for December 1, 2025, were moved to November 2026.

Marcos had noted that the upcoming BARMM elections should be given focus. — RF, GMA Integrated News