Coalition clinches numbers to form BARMM government

DAVAO CITY—A coalition of political parties has been formed to secure a majority of the 80-member Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (BARMM) Parliament, just two weeks before its inaugural session.

BARMM interim Chief Minister Abdulraof Macacua told journalists here on Wednesday that the coalition had so far garnered 46 incoming members of parliament (MPs) into its fold.

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Macacua said the parties have signed a coalition document and that as of Wednesday, they are talking with some MPs about possibly joining their ranks.

MP-elect Macacua, head of the Bangsamoro Federalist Party, announced the coalition alongside Lanao del Sur Gov. Mamintal Adiong Jr., who heads the Serbisyong Inklusibo-Alyansang Progresibo Party with six parliamentary district seats.

The Inquirer also noted the presence at the press conference of MP-elect Jose Lorena of the Raayat Democratic Party and MP-elect Leticio Datuwata, supreme chieftain of Timuay Justice and Governance, one of the two non-Moro Indigenous People’s representatives to the incoming parliament./coa