Manila, March 18 -- The Commission on Elections (Comelec) said Wednesday it is ready to hold the first Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (BARMM) Parliamentary Elections (BPE) this year.

Comelec spokesperson John Rex Laudiangco said they are waiting for the Senate and House of Representatives to pass the law that officially sets the date for the BPE on Sept. 14, 2026.

"Yes. We are ready. When we participated in the hearings on the drafting of the law in the Senate and HOR, it became clear and we saw that Congress was unanimous in setting Sept 14, 2026 as the date of the BPE," he said at a Bagong Pilipinas Ngayon public briefing.

The poll body will release a list of activities related to the holding of the BPE once the meas...