00:00More than six months after the Supreme Court finalized Sulu's exit from the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao or Barm,
00:08President Ferdinand Marcus Jr. signed an executive order to move the province to Zamboanga Peninsula.
00:14State-run PTV4 shares on X the Executive Order 91 signed on July 30.
00:19This supports the choice made by the people of Sulu in the 2019 plebiscite,
00:23where they voted against ratifying the Bangsamoro Organic Law.
00:26The executive order created a technical working group to oversee a smooth transition for Sulu's transfer.
00:32The group will handle tasks like adjusting budgets, staffing, and transferring programs.
00:37The EO takes effect right after it's published in the official gazette or a widely circulated newspaper.
00:42Sulu was part of the now-defunct Autonomous Region of Muslim Mindanao or Arm,
00:46which was replaced by Barm after a 2019 vote on the creation of the new Bangsamoro region.
00:51The island province was among the few that voted against the Bangsamoro Organic Law.
00:55Then, Governor Abdusakur Tan II challenged the law before the Supreme Court,
01:00arguing it was unconstitutional and that Sulu should be allowed to opt out of Barm.
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