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A predominantly Muslim region in the southern Philippines held its first parliamentary elections on Monday, seen as a crucial step in the long quest for self-rule after decades of insurgency and violence. Reporting from the region, France 24’s look Jan Camenzind Broomby, takes a look at the vote’s significance, as well as the tensions surrounding election day.
Three people were killed and 15 others wounded as gunfire erupted hours before the polls opened on Monday in a semi-autonomous Muslim region of the Philippines set to choose its first elected parliament. The vote is the culmination of an on-off peace process that began in the late 1990s and established the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao in the country’s far south. Cotabato police chief Jibin Bongcayao said the shooting took place just before midnight as members of rival...
However, deadly violence marred the elections one day before the polls open in the southern Philippine region.
Voters in a predominantly Muslim autonomous region of the Philippines began casting ballots in the area’s first-ever parliamentary election, more than a decade after a peace deal with separatists ended four decades of conflict.
It's a milestone of the self-determination fight in this region of the Philippines. It must be kept peaceful and fair.
Voters in an autonomous southern Philippine region will cast their ballots on Monday in the region’s first parliamentary elections, seen as a crucial step in the quest for self-determination and lasting peace after decades of insurgency and violence. The Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao, or BARMM, covers five provinces, three cities and 63 villages across eight special geographic area clusters. It has nearly 2.4 million voters, with election officials aiming for an 80 per cent...
Philippine Defence Secretary accused China of coercion, bullying and aggression after being handed a note mid-panel.
Martin Romualdez, a cousin of Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos Jnr, accumulated so much wealth over the past three years that he had to convert it into mansions and shares to avoid scrutiny, the Office of the Ombudsman alleged on Tuesday – a day after filing a plunder case against the former House speaker. The Ombudsman filed the case on Monday against Romualdez, former House appropriations committee chairman Zaldy Co and two others, accusing them of accepting at least 7.44 billion pesos...
Philippine Vice President Sara Duterte posted bail for a criminal case accusing her of threatening to kill President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. She said she fears for her own life.
A Philippine court on Friday ordered the arrest of Vice-President Sara Duterte in connection with a criminal case accusing her of making threats against President Ferdinand Marcos Jnr, the first lady and a former House speaker. A trial court issued a warrant for Duterte’s arrest in the case involving three counts of grave threats, according to a court order that also set bail at 120,000 pesos (US$1,900) for each count. “Regardless of the question on jurisdiction, she has no intention of...