Csat members advocate to push through Barmm 2025 elections
The Coalition for Social Accountability and Transparency firmly calls for advancing the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao’s May 2025 election.
Group warns of violence, conflict if BARMM elections are postponed
Members of the Coalition for Social Accountability and Transparency (CSAT) said violence and chaos in Mindanao would likely happen if the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (BARMM) elections are postponed until 2026.
Postponing the BARMM elections
Senators have proposed to push back to 2026 the parliamentary elections in the volatile Muslim provinces to amend the law creating the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (BARMM).
Conflict monitoring report finds uptick in BARMM violence ahead of 2025 elections
New sources of instability have emerged and conflict is on the rebound years after the conclusion of peace negotiations and the creation of the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (BARMM), according to a new conflict monitoring report.
Violence in BARMM
Peace in the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao is under threat as a horizontal form of violence has increased in Maguindanao and in Lanao provinces, the heartland of the autonomous region in the southern island of Mindanao.