Establishment of Bangsamoro Economic and Development Council pushed
BANGSAMORO NEWS UPDATES • 09:00 AM Fri Oct 18, 2019
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By:
MP Amir Mawallil
BARMM Interim Chief Minister Murad Ebrahim speaks during one of the sessions of Bangsamoro Parliament. (Bangsamoro gov't photo)
COTABATO CITY - Members of the Bangsamoro parliament filed a bill seeking to create a council that will serve as the primary institution for setting and guiding the direction of comprehensive efforts for socio-economic development and other development concerns and priorities in the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region.
Engineer Baintan Adil-Ampatuan, a member of the Bangsamoro parliament and former director of Regional Planning and Development Office of the now-defunct ARMM, emphasized the importance of having such a council during the plenary session on Oct. 17.
“Bawat proyekto po na gagawin ng gobyerno, ito po ay dadaan sa matinding proseso. At ang dulo po nito ay titingnan ng Commission on Audit (COA) kung naaayon ba sa procurement law, government accounting, and auditing rules and procedures, at iba pang issuances and pag-implement natin ng kahit isang proyekto," Adil-Ampatuan said.
“To ensure people’s participation and equitable development, the Council shall take into account the development plans of the provinces, cities, municipalities and barangays as approved by their respective local development councils," she added.
Adil-Ampatuan said the BTA “is not only mandated to establish the Bangsamoro Economic and Development Council to serve as planning and policy making body, but it is also empowered to organize the bureaucracy of the Bangsamoro Government during the transition.”
The bill was authored by Adil-Ampatuan, Minority Floor Leader Laisa Masuhud-Alamia, Amir Mawallil, Rasol Mitmug Jr., Don Mustapha Loong, Suharto Ambolodto, and Rasul Ismael.