Together with other VIPs, BARMM Chief Minister Ahod Ebrahim posed beside President Ferdinand Marcos, Jr. during the oath-taking ceremony of the newly-appointed members of Bangsamoro Transition Authority (BTA) on Friday, August 12, 2022 at the Malacañang Palace. (Photo courtesy of Office of the President)
COTABATO CITY –President Ferdinand Marcos, Jr. administered the oath to the eighty (80) newly and re-appointed members of the Bangsamoro Transition Authority (BTA) in a ceremony at Malacañang Palace on Friday, August 12.
The 41 members from the Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) and 39 members from the Government appointed by Pres. Marcos are as follows:
MILF APPOINTEES
- AHOD BALAWAG EBRAHIM
- ABDULLAH EBUS GAYAK
- ABDULLAH BISTON HASHIM
- ABDULLAH GOLDIANO MACAPAAR
- ABDULRAOF ABDUL MACACUA
- ABDULWAHAB MOHAMMAD PAK
- AIDA MACALIMPAS SILONGAN
- AKMAD INDIGAY ABAS
- ALI OMAR SALIK
- ALI BANGCOLA SOLAIMAN
- AMROUSSI AMPUAN MACATANONG
- ANNA TARHATA SUMANDE BASMAN
- BAI MALEIHA BAJUNAID CANDAO
- BAILENG SIMPAL MANTAWIL
- BASIT SARIP ABBAS
- BENJAMIN TUPAY LOONG
- DAN SALA ASNAWIE
- EDDIE MAPAG ALIH
- EDUARD UY GUERRA
- HARON MUHAMMAD ABAS
- HUSSIEN PALMA MUṄOZ
- IBRAHIM DUMARAAG ALI
- KADIL MONERA SINOLINDING, JR.
- LANANG TAPODOC ALI, JR.
- MARJANIE SALIC MACASALONG
- MARY AN MADROṄO ARNADO
- MATARUL MATARUL ESTINO
- MOHAGHER MOHAMMAD IQBAL
- MOHAMMAD SHUAIB YACOB
- MOSBER ENTOL ALAUDDIN
- MUDJIB COMPANIA ABU
- PANGALIAN MACAORAO BALINDONG
- RAISSA HERRADURA JAJURIE
- RAMON ALEJANDRO PIANG SR.
- SAID ZAMAHSARI SALENDAB
- SAID MANGGIS SHIEK
- SHA ELIJAH BIRUAR DUMAMA-ALBA
- SUHARTO SANDAYAN ESMAEL
- SUWAIB LATIP ORANON
- TAWAKAL BUGA MIDTIMBANG
- UBAIDA CASAD PACASEM
GOVERNMENT APPOINTEES
- ALI MONTAHA DATU HARON BABAO
- HATAMIL ESMAIL HASSAN
- MUSLIMIN ASALIM JAKILAN
- ALBAKIL DASANI JIKIRI
- FAISAL GUIABAR KARON
- OMAR YASSER CRISOSTOMO SEMA
- ADZFAR HAILID USMAN
- ABDULKARIM TAN MISUARI
- NURREDHA IBRAHIM MISUARI
- DENMARTIN ABDULKAHIL KAHALAN
- ABDULAZIZ MANGANDAKI AMENODIN
- HAMID UDDIN MALIK
- TARHATA MATALAM MAGLANGIT
- RANDOLPH CLIMACO PARCASIO
- LAISA MASUHUD ALAMIA
- RASOL YAP MITMUG, JR.
- BAINTAN ADIL AMPATUAN
- JOSE IRIBAN LORENA
- NABIL ALFAD TAN
- SUHARTO MASTURA AMBOLODTO
- DON MUSTAPHA ARBISON LOONG
- AMILBAHAR SADDALANI MAWALLIL
- RASUL ENDEREZ ISMAEL
- SUSANA SALVADOR ANAYATIN
- ROMEO KABUNTALAN SEMA
- FROILYN TENERIO MENDOZA
- ISHAK VELOSO MASTURA
- ALI BALAYMAN SANGKI
- NABILA MARGARITA PACASUM PANGANDAMAN
- DIAMLA DISIMBAN RAMOS
- JOHN ANTHONY LACBAO LIM
- HASHEMI NUR DILANGALEN
- SITTIE FAHANIE SINDATOK UY-OYOD
- JAAFAR APOLLO MIKHAIL LINTONGAN MATALAM
- BASSIR DIMAUKOM UTTO
- KHALID MA-AMPOR HADJI ABDULLAH
- MICHAEL ENIT MIDTIMBANG
- MOHAMMAD KELIE UGALINGAN ANTAO
- PAISALIN PANGANDAMAN TAGO
During the oath-taking ceremony, Pres. Marcos stated: “In our discussions, what was important was that we were able to say that we have done our absolute best in making sure that the representation that we find in the transition authority could be as fair as possible.”
This in accordance with the implementation of Comprehensive Agreement on the Bangsamoro (CAB)—the culmination of the 17 years of negotiation between the MILF and Government of the Philippines (GPH), through RA No. 11054 or the Bangsamoro Organic Law (BOL).
“That’s why, I will be here as the head of the national government to support BARMM in any way to get that settled and to make sure that we have an orderly and proper election in 2025, [and] upon electing our new officials that they have a legal framework to work within so that the government can actually function,” he added.
As stated in the Republic Act No. 11593, otherwise known as An Act Resetting the First Regular Elections in the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (BARMM), “the President may appoint the new interim members of the BTA who shall serve until June 30, 2025 or until their successors shall have been elected and qualified.”
It can be recalled that President Marcos’ predecessor, former President Rodrigo Roa Duterte, appointed the first set of the BTA in February 2019. After three (3) years, Duterte heeded the call to extend the transition period in the region through signing RA 11593.
To ensure the smooth transition process from Duterte administration to Marcos administration, the former President maintained the status quo on the then-composition of BTA by granting the Body’s request (thru Resolution No. 173, dated October 12, 2021) to allow them carry out their mandate “in order to preserve the gains of the peace process under the BTA’s programs, projects, and legislative measures.”
BTA is an executive and legislative body created under the BOL, which is tasked to oversee the transition from 2019 until 2025 elections. (Aisah Abas/Johaira Sahidala/BIO)
