Elections for officials of the proposed Bangsamoro Region should be postponed to 2019 for better transition, according to soldiers-turned-lawmakers.

Congressmen Ashley Acedillo and Gary Alejano, both from Magdalo party-list, pitched their suggestion to the House of Representatives’ Ad Hoc Committee on the Bangsamoro, which is yet to approve a committee report on a measure that seeks to create a Bangsamoro Region, replacing the Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao.

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