The Bangsamoro Transition Authority Parliament, also known as the interim Bangsamoro Parliament, is the legislature of the transitional regional government of Bangsamoro. It is composed of members of the Bangsamoro Transition Authority. The BTA itself was constituted on February 22, 2019 when its first set of members took their oath. The inaugural session began on March 29, 2019 and ended on April 23, 2020. At the start of the first regular session, the parliament have 98 members, including 23 who were elected officials of Bangsamoro's predecessor, the Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao, who were part of the parliament until June 30, 2019, which was also supposed to be the end of tenure of their original positions. The second regular session began on June 16, 2020.
Composition
It is legislated that the Moro Islamic Liberation Front will lead the BTA “without prejudice to the participation of the Moro National Liberation Front in its membership.” Elected officials of the ARMM whose terms were set to end until June 30, 2019 served as part of the body until that date. These officials are the Regional Governor, Vice Governor and the members of the 24-seat Regional Legislative Assembly. 80 members of the interim body were appointed by the Philippine government; 41 were nominated by the MILF, and the remaining selected by the national government. On the first day of the parliament's first regular session on March 29, 2019, there were 75 regular members; 40 of which are MILF nominees and 35 are national government nominees. BTA member Ghazali Jaafar died prior and the government has not filled in four vacant seats. 23 ARMM elected officials also temporarily served as part of the parliament. ARMM Governor Mujiv Hataman opted out from being part of the BTA, a member of the 24-seat ARMM Regional Legislative Assembly died and another assemblyman, Khadafeh Mangudadatu was nominated as a regular member by the national government.
Graphical representation
These are graphical representations of the Bangsamoro Transition Authority showing a comparison of its composition after the initial set of officers were sworn-in in 2019 and its current make up:
Note this is not the official seating plan of the Bangsamoro Parliament.
