Nearly half of BARMM voters in the dark on how to elect parliament

Nearly half of BARMM voters in the dark on how to elect parliament

CAGAYAN DE ORO, Philippines – Most voters in the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (BARMM) could walk into polling precincts on October 13 not knowing a critical fact that they won’t be directly choosing the region’s chief minister. That gaping hole in public understanding is what election officials and watchdogs are scrambling to fill, stepping up a regionwide voter education campaign with barely 33 days left before the six-year-o…