A petition for indirect contempt has been filed before the Supreme Court (SC) against several members of the Bangsamoro Transition Authority (BTA) Parliament for their alleged failure to pass a districting law.

Petitioner Zaoawi Buludan filed the petition on Monday, January 5, 2026.

In his petition, Buludan urged the high court to order the BTA to “immediately enact” a valid redistricting law in compliance with the SC directive.

The districting bill will serve as the legal foundation for the first Bangsamoro parliamentary elections scheduled for March 30, 2026.

However, one of the respondents of the case and Member of Parliament, Atty. Naguib Sinarimbo, described the petition as “technically flawed” and called it “political harassment.”

Sinarimbo questioned why only select members were named in the petition instead of the entire BTA Parliament.

According to Sinarimbo, those named in the petition are the lawmakers who pushed for the passage of the districting bill at the committee level and were present in the December 19, 2025 meeting, which was supposed to be the final day for plenary deliberation and approval of the measure.

Sinarimbo added that the petition is defective technically, as it targets only a few members of Parliament, despite the Supreme Court’s directive being addressed to the BTA Parliament as a collective body.

In October 2025, the SC ordered the postponement of the Bangsamoro election originally scheduled on October 13, 2025 after it declared as unconstitutional the two districting laws – Bangsamoro Autonomy Acts (BAAs) 58 and 77 – passed by the Bangsamoro government.

The BAA 77, or the Bangsamoro Parliamentary Act of 2025, amended BAA 58 and redistricted the vacant seats in light of an SC decision excluding Sulu from the autonomous region.

The SC also asked the BTA to pass a redistricting bill and directed the Comelec to continue its preparations and conduct the Bangsamoro Parliamentary Elections no later than March 31, 2026.