Duterte lets Congress decide on BARMM transition extension
Published June 28, 2021, 2:21 PM President Duterte has decided to stay “neutral” on the proposal seeking to give the Bangsamoro interim government three more years to oversee the transition period of the new autonomous region. President Rodrigo Roa Duterte delivers his speech during the anniversary of the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao held at the Malacañang Palace on January 21, 2021. (Malacañang) According to Presidential spokesman Harry Roque, the President would instead let Congress decide on the proposed extension of the time of the Bangsamoro’s transition govern...