WITH the Supreme Court ruling that Sulu is not part of the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (BARMM), the Commission on Elections (Comelec) has expressed its intention to include the said province in Region 9 or the Zamboanga Peninsula.

Comelec Chairman George Erwin Garcia said on Thursday that the transfer of Sulu to another region was discussed in the Commission en banc and the consensus is to include Sulu in Region 9, where it originally belonged.

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