COTABATO CITY — Four legislative measures were filed by Member of the Parliament Engr. Baintan Adil-Ampatuan, including measures that would institutionalize the observance of an annual Clean-Up Day, creation of printing office, housing office, and coconut authority.
The Parliament Bill (PB) No. 90, also known as the “Bangsamoro Clean-up Act of 2022,” generally aims to make June 6 of every year an annual Clean-Up Day in the Bangsamoro region.
According to MP Ampatuan, the proposed legislation would raise the awareness of every Bangsamoro about the importance of preserving the environment by raising awareness about the effects of littering and implementing programs and activities aimed at preventing pollution in the region.
Once approved, the Ministry of Environmental, Natural Resources, and Energy (MENRE) will be the primary agency charged with the implementation of Simultaneous Clean-Up Day throughout the region.
Heads of government agencies, local government units, and employers in the private sector, together with their employees, must also organize, engage in, or participate in activities designed to raise awareness and promote the measure’s objectives.
MP Ampatuan is also pushing for the establishment of printing and housing offices in the region, as proposed in PB Nos. 91 and 92, respectively.
As proposed in PB No. 91, also known as the “Bangsamoro Printing Office Act of 2022,” a Bangsamoro Printing Office will be established under the Office of the Chief Minister.
It will provide the printing needs of all government agencies and may accept printing jobs from other government entities, such as the printing of books and other educational materials by the MBHTE, the printing of all standard and accountable forms by BARMM, the printing of the Bangsamoro Appropriations Act, and the printing of development information materials by the Bangsamoro Government.
A Bangsamoro Housing Office (BHO) will also be established under PB No. 92, also known as the “Bangsamoro Housing Act.”
Attached to the Ministry of Human Settlements and Development, the BHO will serve as the primary Bangsamoro government entity responsible for developing and implementing a comprehensive and integrated housing development and resettlement program. It will be the sole Bangsamoro government agency engaged in direct shelter production.
The Bangsamoro Government Center in Cotabato City will serve as the BHO’s main office, while satellite offices will be set up in the provinces of Basilan, Sulu, and Tawi-Tawi.
The last proposed measure, PB No. 93, would establish the Bangsamoro Coconut Authority as the agency responsible for the comprehensive and integrated development of the coconut industry in the Bangsamoro region.
The BCA will promote and maintain the development of the coconut industry in the region.
The four legislative measures were also co-authored by MPs Amilbahar Mawallil, Atty. Laisa Alamia, Atty. Suharto Ambolodto, Don Mustapha Loong, Atty. Rasol Mitmug Jr., Rasul Ismael, Diamila Ramos, Susana Anayatin, Khalid Maamor Hadji Abdullah, Jafaar Apollo Mikhail Matalam, Sittie Fahanie Uy-Oyod, Nabila Margarita Pangandaman, Bassir Utto, Froilyn Mendoza, and Mohammad Kelie Antao. (LTAIS-Public Information, Publication, and Media Relations Division)