Education campaign for BARMM voters underway

By Bernadette E Tamayo

Aug 03, 2024 12:16 am

JAPANESE Ambassador to the Philippines Endo Kazuya said educating voters would result in electing competent members of the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (BARMM) parliament in May next year.

Kazuya added that Japan would give 234 million yen (about $1.5 million) to fund an education campaign for voters in the area.

Ambassador Endo Kazuya of the Embassy of Japan and United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) in the Philippines Resident Representative Dr. Selva Ramachandran signed a partnership in support of the 2025 BARMM elections. The partnership aims to foster a more democratic electoral system and to increase the participation of more people in the coming 2025 BARMM elections. PHOTOS BY J. GERARD SEGUIA

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