CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY — The first-ever parliamentary elections in the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (BARMM) marked a historic milestone for the peace process, but the exercise was “severely undermined by systemic disenfranchisement, technical blunders, and a heavy military presence that sparked a climate of fear,” an election observer group reported. In its preliminary report, the Commission on Elections (Comelec)-accredited Katu…