Macacua Elected Chief Minister as First Elected Bangsamoro Parliament Opens

The Bangsamoro Government Center in Cotabato City lit up at night

Marcos to the Bangsamoro: “We will never abandon you” The first duly elected Bangsamoro Parliament convened its inaugural session on Friday, October 30, 2026, and elected Abdulraof Macacua as chief minister of the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (BARMM). Seventy-nine of the 80 elected members of Parliament voted Macacua into the post. He will … Read more