PoliticsPhilippines’ Muslim-majority Bangsamoro region votes for first parliament

About 2.4 million voters in the southern Philippines’ Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao are voting in its first parliamentary election, with 80 seats contested. The historic poll was marred by violence: a shooting in Cotabato City killed three people and wounded 15, while ballot irregularities delayed voting in parts of Basilan.

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