THE SUPREME COURT (SC) on Wednesday struck down two Bangsamoro parliamentary redistricting laws, effectively canceling the Oct. 13 elections in the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (BARMM). 77, the Bangsamoro Parliamentary Redistricting Act of 2025, unconstitutional for violating Section 5 of the Voter’s Registration Act, which bars altering precincts after the election period has begun. “There can be no BARMM parliamentary elections on Oct. 13, 2025 because of the lack of a valid districting law,” the Court said. The Commission on Elections (Comelec) was then directed to hold elections no later than March 31, 2026. It’s back to zero for Comelec,” Comelec Chairman George Erwin M. Garcia told reporters in a Viber message.