President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. approved the Commission on Elections' (Comelec) request to deputize the military and the police and other law enforcement agencies for the plebiscite in the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (BARMM) on April 13.

The President, through Executive Secretary Lucas Bersamin, issued on April 8 Memorandum Order 23 concurring with the Comelec Resolution 10980 seeking the assistance of the Philippine National Police (PNP) and the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) for the plebiscites to ratify the creation of eight municipalities in the Special Geographic Area (SGA) in BARMM.

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