๐๐๐ฆ๐ง๐ข๐ฅ๐๐ ๐ฆ๐๐๐๐๐ง๐๐ข๐ก ๐ข๐ ๐ก๐ข๐ก-๐ ๐ข๐ฅ๐ข ๐๐ก๐๐๐๐๐ก๐ข๐จ๐ฆ ๐ฃ๐๐ข๐ฃ๐๐๐ฆ’ ๐ฅ๐๐ฃ๐ฅ๐๐ฆ๐๐ก๐ง๐๐ง๐๐ฉ๐๐ฆ ๐ง๐ข ๐ง๐๐ ๐๐๐ก๐๐ฆ๐๐ ๐ข๐ฅ๐ข ๐ฃ๐๐ฅ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐ก๐ง; ๐จ๐ฃ ๐๐๐ฅ ๐ฆ๐๐ฅ๐ฉ๐๐ฆ ๐๐ฆ ๐๐ก๐๐๐ฃ๐๐ก๐๐๐ก๐ง ๐๐๐๐๐ง๐๐ข๐ก ๐ข๐๐ฆ๐๐ฅ๐ฉ๐๐ฅ, ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ง๐ฆ ๐ ๐๐๐๐ฆ๐ง๐ข๐ก๐ ๐๐ฆ ๐ฆ๐ง๐๐ฃ ๐๐ข๐ฅ๐ช๐๐ฅ๐ ๐๐ข๐ฅ ๐ง๐ฅ๐๐ก๐ฆ๐๐ง๐๐ข๐ก๐๐ ๐๐จ๐ฆ๐ง๐๐๐
๐๐๐ฆ๐ง๐ข๐ฅ๐๐ ๐ฆ๐๐๐๐๐ง๐๐ข๐ก ๐ข๐ ๐ก๐ข๐ก-๐ ๐ข๐ฅ๐ข ๐๐ก๐๐๐๐๐ก๐ข๐จ๐ฆ ๐ฃ๐๐ข๐ฃ๐๐๐ฆ’ ๐ฅ๐๐ฃ๐ฅ๐๐ฆ๐๐ก๐ง๐๐ง๐๐ฉ๐๐ฆ ๐ง๐ข ๐ง๐๐ ๐๐๐ก๐๐ฆ๐๐ ๐ข๐ฅ๐ข ๐ฃ๐๐ฅ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐ก๐ง; ๐จ๐ฃ ๐๐๐ฅ ๐ฆ๐๐ฅ๐ฉ๐๐ฆ ๐๐ฆ ๐๐ก๐๐๐ฃ๐๐ก๐๐๐ก๐ง ๐๐๐๐๐ง๐๐ข๐ก ๐ข๐๐ฆ๐๐ฅ๐ฉ๐๐ฅ, ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ง๐ฆ ๐ ๐๐๐๐ฆ๐ง๐ข๐ก๐ ๐๐ฆ ๐ฆ๐ง๐๐ฃ ๐๐ข๐ฅ๐ช๐๐ฅ๐ ๐๐ข๐ฅ ๐ง๐ฅ๐๐ก๐ฆ๐๐ง๐๐ข๐ก๐๐ ๐๐จ๐ฆ๐ง๐๐๐
As part of the historic 1st Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (BARMM) Parliamentary Elections, the Regional Inter-Tribal Convention (RITC) to determine the two (2) mandatory Non-Moro Indigenous Peoples (NMIPs) representatives in the Bangsamoro Parliament was convened on 24–25 August 2026 in Cotabato City.
Adopting the customary laws of the NMIPs, the RITC brought together the ๐๐ญ๐ข๐ข๐ฏ, ๐๐ถ๐ญ๐ข๐ฏ๐จ๐ข๐ฏ ๐๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ถ๐ฃ๐ถ, ๐๐ณ๐ถ๐ฎ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฆ๐ฏ ๐ฏ๐ฆ ๐๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ถ๐ท๐ถ, ๐๐ช๐จ๐ข๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ฐ๐ฏ, ๐๐ข๐ฎ๐ฃ๐ข๐ฏ๐จ๐ช๐ข๐ฏ, ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐รซ๐ฅ๐ถ๐ณ๐ข๐บ ๐๐ฏ๐ฅ๐ช๐จ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ด ๐ฑ๐ฆ๐ฐ๐ฑ๐ญ๐ฆ๐ด to reach a consensus on who would serve in the BARMM Parliament and whether to adopt a rotation arrangement that would allow all six communities to be represented across three separate election cycles.
In contrast to the elections to be held on 14 September 2026, the NMIPs did not choose their representatives through a direct plurality of votes or the use of ballots. Instead, the selection was made through their Indigenous Political Structures, or the organizational and cultural leadership systems, institutions, relationships, patterns, and processes for decision-making and participation identified by the six (6) NMIP communities. Disagreements were also settled through continuous dialogues and consensus-building.
As a long-time advocate for Indigenous peoples’ rights and as part of the Independent Election Monitoring Center (IEMC), Atty. Raymond Marvic C. Baguilat was designated by the Commission on Elections (COMELEC) En Banc as an Independent Election Observer for the RITC. Atty. Baguilat’s designation was in recognition of his assistance to the COMELEC in the preparation of the Implementing Rules and Regulations for the Selection of NMIPs Representatives in the BARMM Parliament.
Remarking on the productive outcome of the RITC, Atty. Baguilat shared that, “[๐]๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ด๐ถ๐ค๐ค๐ฆ๐ด๐ด ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐๐ฆ๐จ๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ข๐ญ ๐๐ฏ๐ต๐ฆ๐ณ-๐๐ณ๐ช๐ฃ๐ข๐ญ ๐๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ท๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ต๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ ๐ง๐ฐ๐ณ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ด๐ฆ๐ญ๐ฆ๐ค๐ต๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐๐ฆ๐ฎ๐ฃ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ด ๐ฐ๐ง ๐๐ข๐ณ๐ญ๐ช๐ข๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ต ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ฑ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ด๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ต๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐๐ฐ๐ฏ-๐๐ฐ๐ณ๐ฐ ๐๐ฏ๐ฅ๐ช๐จ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ด ๐๐ฆ๐ฐ๐ฑ๐ญ๐ฆ๐ด ๐ด๐ฉ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ญ๐ฅ ๐ฃ๐ฆ ๐ค๐ฆ๐ญ๐ฆ๐ฃ๐ณ๐ข๐ต๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ข๐ด ๐ข ๐ด๐ต๐ฆ๐ฑ ๐ง๐ฐ๐ณ๐ธ๐ข๐ณ๐ฅ ๐ง๐ฐ๐ณ ๐ต๐ณ๐ข๐ฏ๐ด๐ช๐ต๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ข๐ญ ๐ซ๐ถ๐ด๐ต๐ช๐ค๐ฆ. ๐๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ค๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ต๐ช๐ฏ๐ถ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ด ๐ฅ๐ช๐ข๐ญ๐ฐ๐จ๐ถ๐ฆ ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ค๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ด๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ด๐ถ๐ด-๐ฃ๐ถ๐ช๐ญ๐ฅ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ด๐ต๐ณ๐ข๐ต๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ข๐ต ๐๐ฏ๐ฅ๐ช๐จ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ด ๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ค๐ฉ๐ข๐ฏ๐ช๐ด๐ฎ๐ด ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ฑ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ด๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ต๐ข๐ต๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ ๐ค๐ข๐ฏ ๐ฃ๐ฆ ๐ข๐ต ๐ฑ๐ข๐ณ ๐ธ๐ช๐ต๐ฉ, ๐ช๐ง ๐ฏ๐ฐ๐ต ๐ฃ๐ฆ๐ต๐ต๐ฆ๐ณ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ข๐ฏ, ๐ฎ๐ข๐ช๐ฏ๐ด๐ต๐ณ๐ฆ๐ข๐ฎ ๐ฆ๐ญ๐ฆ๐ค๐ต๐ฐ๐ณ๐ข๐ญ ๐ฑ๐ณ๐ฐ๐ค๐ฆ๐ด๐ด๐ฆ๐ด.”
Chosen to serve as the NMIPs representatives in the BARMM Parliament are Leticio L. Datuwata of the Lambangian Indigenous peoples and Jo Genna M. Jover of the Tรซduray Indigenous peoples. The participating communities also agreed that, in the next election cycles, the Erumanen ne Menuvu and Dulangan Menubu shall be represented, followed in the third cycle by the Higaonon and Blaan Indigenous peoples.
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