| Bangsamoro Transition Authority Parliament | |
| Term: | March 29, 2019—September 15, 2022 |
| Membership1: | 80 |
| Chamber1 Leader1 Type: | Speaker |
| Chamber1 Leader2 Type: | Deputy Speakers |
| Chamber1 Leader2: | Hatimil Hassan Nabil A. Tan Omar Yasser Sema Ziaur-rahman Adiong |
| Chamber1 Leader3 Type: | Majority Leader |
| Chamber1 Leader3: | Lanang Ali, Jr. |
| Chamber1 Leader4 Type: | Minority Leader |
| Chamber1 Leader4: | Laisa Alamia |
| Session1 Start: | March 29, 2019 |
| Session1 End: | April 23, 2020 |
| Session2 Start: | June 16, 2020 |
| Session2 End: | 2021 |
| Session3 Start: | June 15, 2021 |
| Session3 End: | March 2022 |
| Session4 Start: | June 14, 2022 |
| Session4 End: | 2022 |
The 1st Bangsamoro Transition Authority (BTA) Parliament is the first interim Bangsamoro Parliament, the legislature of the transitional regional government of Bangsamoro.
It is composed of members of the Bangsamoro Transition Authority which itself was constituted on February 22, 2019, when its first set of members took their oath.[1] The inaugural session began on March 29, 2019[2] and ended on April 23, 2020.[3] At the start of the first regular session, the parliament had 75 members.
The second regular session began on June 16, 2020.[4] The third session began on June 15, 2021.[5] The fourth session began on June 14, 2022.[6]
The fourth session was abruptly ended when a new set of BTA officials were appointed on August 12, 2022, and the 2nd interim parliament held its inaugural session on September 15, 2022.
| Office | MP | Affiliation (nominating entity) | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Speaker | Pangalian Balindong | Moro Islamic Liberation Front | |
| Deputy Speakers | Hatimil Hassan | National Government | |
| Omar Yasser Sema | National Government | ||
| Ziaur-Rahman Adiong | National Government | ||
| Nabil Tan | National Government | ||
| Majority Leader | Lanang Ali Jr. | Moro Islamic Liberation Front | |
| Minority Leader | Laisa Alamia | National Government | |
| MPs nominated by | March 29, 2019[7] [8] | Current | |
|---|---|---|---|
| • | 40 | 41 | |
| 35 | 39 | ||
| N/A | 0 | 0 | |
| Total | 75 | 80 | |
| Total seats | 106 | 80 | |
| Vacant | 31 | 0 | |
On the first day of the parliament's first regular session on March 29, 2019, there were 75 regular members, 40 of whom were MILF nominees and 35 national government nominees. BTA member Ghazali Jaafar died prior and the government has not filled in four vacant seats. 23 ARMM elected officials also temporarily served as part of the parliament. ARMM Governor Mujiv Hataman opted out from being part of the BTA, a member of the 24-seat ARMM Regional Legislative Assembly died and another assemblyman, Khadafeh Mangudadatu was nominated as a regular member by the national government.[7] [8] The vice governor and the remaining 22 members of the assembly have not taken their oaths as BTA members.
The interim parliament was originally set to end its mandate in 2022. However the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic in the region has been cited as justification, which led to the non-passage of a Bangsamoro Electoral Code led to lobbying by the Bangsamoro regional government and some advocacy groups for the national government to postpone the elections.[11] [12] [13] In order for the elections to be postponed, the Bangsamoro Organic Law needs to be amended. The campaign was successful after President Rodrigo Duterte signed into law on October 28, 2021, the bill postponing the elections to 2025.[14]
When the law postponing the elections was being deliberated, the possibility of revising the manner of allocation of seats in the interim parliament was raised. In the Senate it was proposed that the provincial governors of Bangsamoro given the power to nominate members in the interim parliament. The law also gave President Duterte to appoint new set of members for the parliament before his term expires in 2022.[15]
In February 2022, the Security, Justice and Peace Cabinet Cluster advised Duterte to retain the existing parliament members which the president approved. Duterte retained the 41 seats allocated to MILF nominees.[16]
The body running the parliament under President Duterte would be informally and retroactively be referred to as "BTA1".[17]
These are graphical representations of the Bangsamoro Transition Authority showing a comparison of its composition after the initial set of officers were sworn-in in 2019 and its current make up:
| Name[18] | Nominated by | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|
| MILF | BIAF front commander | ||
| MILF | MILF Central Committee member | ||
| National Government | |||
| MILF | BIAF front commander | ||
| MILF | |||
| MILF | MILF Central Committee member | ||
| National Government | Women sector representative | ||
| MILF | MILF Central Committee member | ||
| MILF | MILF Central Committee member | ||
| MILF | Youth sector representative | ||
| National Government | |||
| MILF | MILF Central Committee member | ||
| National Government | |||
| National Government | Women sector representative | ||
| National Government | Women sector representative | ||
| MILF | Women sector representative | ||
| MILF | Traditional leader | ||
| National Government | |||
| National Government | Women sector representative | ||
| National Government | |||
| MILF | Women sector representative | ||
| National Government | |||
| MILF | |||
| MILF | Chief Minister MILF Central Committee member | ||
| MILF | BIAF front commander | ||
| MILF | MILF Central Committee member | ||
| MILF | MILF Central Committee member | ||
| MILF | |||
| National Government | MNLF member | ||
| MILF | MILF Central Committee member | ||
| National Government | |||
| MILF | Women sector representative | ||
| National Government | MNLF member | ||
| National Government | MNLF member | ||
| MILF | Women sector representative | ||
| National Government | Women sector representative | ||
| National Government | |||
| National Government | |||
| National Government | |||
| MILF | MILF Central Committee member | ||
| MILF | BIAF front commander | ||
| National Government | |||
| MILF | Youth sector representative | ||
| MILF | MILF Central Committee member | ||
| National Government | |||
| MILF | Traditional leader | ||
| National Government | |||
| National Government | |||
| MILF | MILF Central Committee member | ||
| MILF | BIAF front commander | ||
| MILF | MILF Central Committee member | ||
| MILF | MILF Central Committee member | ||
| National Government | Youth sector representative | ||
| National Government | Youth sector representative | ||
| National Government | |||
| MILF | MILF Central Committee member | ||
| National Government | Indigenous peoples' representative | ||
| MILF | MILF Central Committee member | ||
| National Government | |||
| National Government | MNLF member | ||
| National Government | |||
| National Government | MNLF member | ||
| National Government | MNLF member | ||
| MILF | MILF Central Committee member | ||
| MILF | Women sector representative | ||
| MILF | MILF Central Committee member | ||
| National Government | |||
| National Government | |||
| National Government | MNLF member | ||
| MILF | Indigenous peoples' representative | ||
| National Government | MNLF member | ||
| MILF | MILF Central Committee member | ||
| MILF | Settler communities' representative | ||
The last governor and the vice governor of the Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (ARMM) as well as members of the 9th ARMM Regional Legislative Assembly were allowed to become part of the BTA until June 30, 2019, which was supposed to be the end of their original elective post.
However, none of the officials, save for one nominated assembly member, took oath as members of the BTA. ARMM Regional Governor Mujiv Hataman opted out from joining the BTA.[19] Vice Governor Haroun Lucman[20] and the remaining 22 members of the 9th Assembly were also not part of the parliament.
The list does not include members who were not reappointed to the BTA by President Bongbong Marcos on August 12, 2022, who became part of the 2nd parliament which held its inaugural session on September 15, 2022.
| Name | Nominated by | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|
| MILF | MILF Central Committee member, died on August 15, 2021 | ||
| Abdul Dataya | MILF | died on July 9, 2019[21] | |
| National Government | MNLF member, died on January 20, 2021[22] | ||
| MILF | Until June 30, 2022; Elected as Vice Governor of Tawi-Tawi[23] | ||
| National Government | ARMM Regional Legislative Assembly member. Until June 30, 2022; Elected as Mayor of Pandag, Maguindanao | ||
| MILF | Traditional leader. Until June 30, 2022; Elected as Mayor of Sultan Kudarat, Maguindanao | ||
| National Government | Until June 30, 2022; Elected as Member of the House of Representatives for Lanao del Sur's 1st District | ||
| National Government | |||
| Name | Image---> | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Mudjib Abu | Appointed on May 20, 2020[24] | |
| Ziaur-rahman Adiong | Appointed on August 13, 2020[25] | |
| Abdullah Biston Hashim | Took oath on February 11, 2020; replaced Abdul Dataya.[26] | |
| Diamila Ramos | Appointed on August 13, 2019[27] | |
| Ali Sangki | Took oath on January 8, 2020[28] | |
| Rasol Mitmug Jr. | Took oath on September 17, 2019[29] | |
| Albakil Jikiri | Took oath on October 14, 2021; replaced Abdul Sahrin[30] | |