Manila, Feb. 22 -- President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr. has signed into law the measure postponing the first parliamentary elections in the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (BARMM).

Executive Secretary Lucas Bersamin confirmed to Palace reporters the signing of the law, which defers the first regular elections in the BARMM originally scheduled for May this year.

Marcos in January certified as urgent the bill postponing the first Bangsamoro parliamentary elections (BPE).

The exclusion of Sulu from the BARMM, an unresolved petition questioning the constitutionality of the Bangsamoro electoral code of 2023, and a request from the Commission on Elections (Comelec) for additional time to prepare for the polls were among the rea...