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Inquirer.net - Oct 20, 2026

COTABATO CITY, BARMM, Philippines — The national government will not interfere in the election of the chief minister and other officials of the first regular parliament in the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (BARMM), Presidential Peace Adviser Secretary Mel Senen Sarmiento said. He issued the assurance Monday with barely two weeks remaining before the

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