The Bangsamoro Parliament has voted to move the seat of the BARMM from Cotabato City to nearby Parang, Maguindanao del Norte, about 31 kilometers away. | via Bong S. Sarmiento/PDI
Parang, a town of Maguindanao del Norte only 36.7 kilometers from the Awang airport, also hosts the Polloc Freeport and Economic Zone and the regional office of the Philippine National Police.
The BGC currently hosts the governance structure of the BARMM, with a bureaucracy of 32 ministries, agencies and offices, and its 80-member BTA Parliament.In September 2022, Members of Parliament Baintan Adil-Ampatuan, Amir S. Mawallil, Rasol Mitmug, Jr., Laisa M. Alamia, Suharto Ambolodto, Don Mustapha A. Loong and Rasul E. Ismael had pushed for a bill to declare Cotabato City as the permanent seat of the BARMM.
Republic Act 11054 or the Organic Law for the BARMM, also called the Bangsamoro Organic Law , provides that the Parliament shall fix by law the permanent seat of the Bangsamoro government anywhere within the territorial jurisdiction of the region, taking into consideration the accessibility and the efficiency with which its mandate may be carried out.
The committee on the establishment of the seat of government of the BARMM will identify the specific site and area for the BGC in the new site. The physical transfer of the seat of government from Cotabato City to Parang, Maguindanao del Norte, will occur gradually once the necessary infrastructure, such as office buildings, roads, utilities, and communication systems, is completed, the report said.
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