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Senator Tolentino asks colleagues support for bill on extending BTA term
COTABATO CITY - Senator Francis Tolentino asked his colleagues in the
Senate to support the bill seeking to postpone the first regular
elections in the Bangsamoro region from 2022 to 2025.
“I ask my colleagues in this august chamber to support this
measure extending the term of the BTA (Bangsamoro Transition Authority),
not the personalities involved, but the institution,” he said.
Senator
Tolentino, chair of the committee on local government, presented the
committee report of Senate Bill No. 2214 to the plenary for
deliberations.
“The committee attempted to
craft a bill in the hopes of addressing all legal and political issues
in a manner that is most fitting and consistent to the intent of the
Comprehensive Agreement on the Bangsamoro and Bangsamoro Organic Law,
and always with the welfare of the Bangsamoro people,” he said.
He
emphasized that the extension of the transition period “does not in any
way condone even the slightest bit less inefficiency in public
service,” noting that public servants must continue in building
confidence and patriotic hope, particularly to those residing in the
Bangsamoro region.
According to Senator
Tolentino, the local government committee sees the necessity to extend
the BARMM transition term to implement the political and normalization
efforts embodied in the CAB.
“This piece of
legislation is a testament to our continued efforts to maintain peace
and push for inclusive growth in the BARMM region. This is elusive, but
it is attainable,” he said.
The global pandemic
the country is facing, Senator Tolentino said, has posed significant
challenges on the accomplishment of the BTA’s priority programs and
projects, as it has for the national government as a whole.
“COVID-19
contributed to the delay, among others, in the execution of the plans
of the Bangsamoro government. Responding to the impact of COVID-19 has
been a challenge in the BTA and all government leaders,” he added.
Senator
Tolentino enumerated the BTA’s accomplishments highlighting the passage
of some priority codes and interim government’s response to COVID-19.
Fulfilling
its mandate, the BTA successfully enacted some priority legislative
measures such as Bangsamoro Administrative Code, Bangsamoro Civil
Service Code, and Bangsamoro Education Code.
Meanwhile,
despite the challenges posed by COVID-19, the Bangsamoro government
allocated P155-million to the local government units all over the
Bangsamoro region. It also constructed COVID-19 isolation centers and
provided P15-million assistance to Cotabato Regional Medical Center and
Amai Pakpak Center for the improvement of testing facilities.
The Bangsamoro government also allotted P500-million for the purchase of the COVID-19 vaccines.
“Although
the BTA has considerably delivered some of its mandates, under the BOL,
there is so much work yet to be done,” he added.
The
committee is also receiving “overwhelming support” from both government
and non-government organizations on extending the term of the
transition period until 2025, according to Senator Tolentino.
Local
government units that backed the transition extension include the
provincial Government of Lanao del Sur, Sangguniang Panlalawigan of the
provinces of Maguindanao and Tawi-Tawi, Maguindanao municipalities,
BARMM league of municipalities of Philippines Basilan Chapter, Lanao del
Sur Chapter, Tawi-Tawi Chapter, province of Cotabato, the Office of the
Provincial Governor of Cotabato and the sultanates.
The
Alliance of Magnanimous Youth Leaders Inc., Basilan Women Initiative
Foundation, Bangsamoro Leadership and Management Institute, Civil
Society Organizations Movement for Moral Governance, Federation of the
Bangsamoro Civil Society Organizations Inc., Federation of Agrarian
Reform Communities in Basilan Province, Kalilintad Peacebuilding
Institute Inc., Active Youth Leaders, Mindanao Indigenous People’s
Initiative for Research and Assistance Center among other non-government
initiatives, also called for the extension.
“Ngayong
araw ay napakahalaga hindi lamang ng BARMM kundi para sa kasaysayan...
we hope that this will be acted appropriately by this body,” the senator
said as he ended his sponsorship speech on Thursday
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