Manila, June 17 -- The Commission on Elections (Comelec) on Tuesday said the printing of the over 2 million official ballots for the Bangsamoro Parliamentary Elections (BPE) will begin in August.

Comelec Commissioner Rey Bulay said they are looking at starting the printing of BPE ballots two months before the Oct. 13 BPE, the first-ever parliamentary elections in the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (BARMM).

Aside from the official ballots, ballots that will also be used for training and roadshow purposes in connection with the BPE will also be printed, Bulay said.

"The ballot printing for the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao will start in August," he said in an interview. "Some 2.3 to 2.5 million includin...