BARMM Parliament's Policy Research and Legal Services

BARMM Parliament's Policy Research and Legal Services The Secretary General heads the Secretariat and is assisted by different departments and divisions, including the Policy Research and Legal Services (PRLS).

The Policy Research and Legal Services (PRLS) construct legislative analyses, legal reviews, and policy briefs in support of the Bangsamoro Parliament's operations that attend to societal needs and address public policy issues. The Bangsamoro Parliament is supported by the Secretariat in providing the Parliament Members with adequate, relevant, and efficient administrative and technical assistance that enables them to perform legislative tasks and responsibilities. The PRLS Office of the Service Director supervises the entire management operations, organizes Mandate-relevant activities, evaluates the works of the divisions, oversees legislative analyses and legislative briefs, facilitates legislative talks and workshops, initiates stakeholderโ€™s partnerships, and manages its virtual presence. It has two divisions that carry and deliver specific focal service areas. (1) Legislative Research Division produces policy analyses, policy notes, and policy commentaries, and conducts legislative talks and workshops. (2) Legislative Measures and Legal Assistance Division constructs legal reviews, legal opinions, legal commentaries, and legal primers, including legal assistance on Parliament-related issues, and conducts legislative talks and workshops.

๐๐‘๐‹๐’ ๐๐š๐ซ๐ญ๐ข๐œ๐ข๐ฉ๐š๐ญ๐ž๐ฌ ๐ข๐ง ๐•๐š๐ฅ๐ฎ๐ž๐ฌ ๐“๐ซ๐š๐ง๐ฌ๐Ÿ๐จ๐ซ๐ฆ๐š๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง ๐“๐ซ๐š๐ข๐ง๐ข๐ง๐ Policy Research and Legal Services (PRLS) participated in the five-da...
26/06/2026

๐๐‘๐‹๐’ ๐๐š๐ซ๐ญ๐ข๐œ๐ข๐ฉ๐š๐ญ๐ž๐ฌ ๐ข๐ง ๐•๐š๐ฅ๐ฎ๐ž๐ฌ ๐“๐ซ๐š๐ง๐ฌ๐Ÿ๐จ๐ซ๐ฆ๐š๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง ๐“๐ซ๐š๐ข๐ง๐ข๐ง๐ 

Policy Research and Legal Services (PRLS) participated in the five-day Values Transformation Training (VTT) held on Dhu Al-Hijjah 22โ€“26, 1447 AH | June 8โ€“12, 2026 at Luxe Hotel, Cagayan de Oro City. The training was conducted by the Administrative and General Services Department (AGSD) and the Human Resource Management Division (HRMD) as part of efforts to strengthen values-driven and ethical public service.

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๐๐‘๐‹๐’ ๐๐š๐ซ๐ญ๐ข๐œ๐ข๐ฉ๐š๐ญ๐ž๐ฌ ๐ข๐ง ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐Ÿ๐ง๐ ๐๐š๐ง๐ ๐ฌ๐š๐ฆ๐จ๐ซ๐จ ๐๐š๐ซ๐ฅ๐ข๐š๐ฆ๐ž๐ง๐ญ ๐ˆ๐‚๐“ ๐’๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ข๐ญThe Policy Research and Legal Services (PRLS) participated ...
12/06/2026

๐๐‘๐‹๐’ ๐๐š๐ซ๐ญ๐ข๐œ๐ข๐ฉ๐š๐ญ๐ž๐ฌ ๐ข๐ง ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐Ÿ๐ง๐ ๐๐š๐ง๐ ๐ฌ๐š๐ฆ๐จ๐ซ๐จ ๐๐š๐ซ๐ฅ๐ข๐š๐ฆ๐ž๐ง๐ญ ๐ˆ๐‚๐“ ๐’๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ข๐ญ

The Policy Research and Legal Services (PRLS) participated in the 2nd Bangsamoro Parliament Information Communications Technology (ICT) Summit held on 24 Dhu Al-Hijjah 1447 AH | June 08, 2026 at Hall 1, KCC Mall of Cotabato City. The one-day event was conducted by the Bangsamoro Transition Authority (BTA) Parliament through the Management Information System Division (MISD) in observance of ICT Month and in support of digital transformation initiatives within the Bangsamoro Government.

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๐๐‘๐‹๐’ ๐‹๐ž๐š๐๐ฌ ๐‚๐š๐ฉ๐š๐œ๐ข๐ญ๐ฒ-๐๐ฎ๐ข๐ฅ๐๐ข๐ง๐  ๐’๐ž๐ฌ๐ฌ๐ข๐จ๐ง๐ฌ ๐จ๐ง ๐’๐ญ๐š๐ญ๐ฎ๐ญ๐จ๐ซ๐ฒ ๐‚๐จ๐ง๐ฌ๐ญ๐ซ๐ฎ๐œ๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง ๐š๐ง๐ ๐‹๐ž๐ ๐ข๐ฌ๐ฅ๐š๐ญ๐ข๐ฏ๐ž ๐ƒ๐ซ๐š๐Ÿ๐ญ๐ข๐ง๐ Policy Research and Legal Servic...
04/06/2026

๐๐‘๐‹๐’ ๐‹๐ž๐š๐๐ฌ ๐‚๐š๐ฉ๐š๐œ๐ข๐ญ๐ฒ-๐๐ฎ๐ข๐ฅ๐๐ข๐ง๐  ๐’๐ž๐ฌ๐ฌ๐ข๐จ๐ง๐ฌ ๐จ๐ง ๐’๐ญ๐š๐ญ๐ฎ๐ญ๐จ๐ซ๐ฒ ๐‚๐จ๐ง๐ฌ๐ญ๐ซ๐ฎ๐œ๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง ๐š๐ง๐ ๐‹๐ž๐ ๐ข๐ฌ๐ฅ๐š๐ญ๐ข๐ฏ๐ž ๐ƒ๐ซ๐š๐Ÿ๐ญ๐ข๐ง๐ 

Policy Research and Legal Services (PRLS) participated in the four-day activity titled โ€œEnhancing Legislative Competence of the Sangguniang Panlalawigan of Maguindanao del Sur: A Training on Statutory Construction, Technical Writing, and the Drafting of Resolutions and Ordinancesโ€ held on Dhu Al-Hijjah 5โ€“8, 1447 AH | May 22โ€“25, 2026 at Green Leaf Hotel, General Santos City. The activity was conducted by the Office of the Sangguniang Panlalawigan of Maguindanao del Sur and gathered legislative support personnel for capacity-building and professional development.

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๐๐‘๐‹๐’ ๐‰๐จ๐ข๐ง๐ฌ ๐‚๐’๐– ๐š๐ง๐ ๐Œ๐š๐ง๐๐š๐ญ๐จ๐ซ๐ฒ ๐Ž๐ง๐›๐จ๐š๐ซ๐๐ข๐ง๐  ๐“๐ซ๐š๐ข๐ง๐ข๐ง๐ Policy Research and Legal Services (PRLS) participated in the โ€œCompleted...
24/04/2026

๐๐‘๐‹๐’ ๐‰๐จ๐ข๐ง๐ฌ ๐‚๐’๐– ๐š๐ง๐ ๐Œ๐š๐ง๐๐š๐ญ๐จ๐ซ๐ฒ ๐Ž๐ง๐›๐จ๐š๐ซ๐๐ข๐ง๐  ๐“๐ซ๐š๐ข๐ง๐ข๐ง๐ 

Policy Research and Legal Services (PRLS) participated in the โ€œCompleted Staff Work (CSW) Trainingโ€ held on Shawwal 18, 1447 AH | April 6, 2026 at the Glamour Convention Hall, Cotabato City. PRLS also attended the three-day โ€œMandatory Onboarding Training Batch 2โ€ conducted on Shawwal 25โ€“27, 1447 AH | April 13โ€“15, 2026 at the same venue. These activities were conducted by the Human Resource Management Division (HRMD), Administrative and General Services Department (AGSD) of the Bangsamoro Transition Authority (BTA) Parliament.

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๐๐‘๐‹๐’ ๐„๐ง๐ ๐š๐ ๐ž๐ฌ ๐ข๐ง ๐†๐ž๐ง๐๐ž๐ซ ๐’๐ž๐ง๐ฌ๐ข๐ญ๐ข๐ฏ๐ข๐ญ๐ฒ ๐“๐ซ๐š๐ข๐ง๐ข๐ง๐  ๐š๐ง๐ ๐Œ๐š๐ ๐ง๐š ๐‚๐š๐ซ๐ญ๐š ๐Ÿ๐จ๐ซ ๐–๐จ๐ฆ๐ž๐ง ๐Ž๐ซ๐ข๐ž๐ง๐ญ๐š๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐งPolicy Research and Legal Services part...
22/04/2026

๐๐‘๐‹๐’ ๐„๐ง๐ ๐š๐ ๐ž๐ฌ ๐ข๐ง ๐†๐ž๐ง๐๐ž๐ซ ๐’๐ž๐ง๐ฌ๐ข๐ญ๐ข๐ฏ๐ข๐ญ๐ฒ ๐“๐ซ๐š๐ข๐ง๐ข๐ง๐  ๐š๐ง๐ ๐Œ๐š๐ ๐ง๐š ๐‚๐š๐ซ๐ญ๐š ๐Ÿ๐จ๐ซ ๐–๐จ๐ฆ๐ž๐ง ๐Ž๐ซ๐ข๐ž๐ง๐ญ๐š๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง

Policy Research and Legal Services participated in the 2026 National Womenโ€™s Month Celebration (NWMC), guided by the Philippine Commission on Women Memorandum Circular No. 2026-02 dated 29 January 2026. Throughout March 2026, PRLS contributed to strengthening gender awareness and promoting womenโ€™s rights through capacity-building and learning sessions held in Mall of Alnor, Cotabato City. Among these were two batches of Gender Sensitivity Training conducted on March 10-11 and April 15-16, 2026 at the D and M Function Hall, RH 7. Complementing these efforts was an Orientation on the Magna Carta for Women (RA No. 9710) held on March 24, 2026.

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28/03/2026
23/03/2026

There's a question that has quietly driven Nassef Manabilang Adiong's entire career: why does the Global South keep studying the world through frameworks built by the very powers that colonized it?

Read his full profile now on BangsamoroPedia: https://wiki.maranaw.com/index.php/Nassef_Adiong

That question took him from Iligan City to Manila, from UP Diliman to the halls of Middle East Technical University in Ankara, and eventually back to Mindanao, where he now serves the Bangsamoro Parliament as Director of Policy Research and Legal Services.

Along the way, he became the first Moro scholar to reach UP Scientist III, the highest rank under the UP Scientific Productivity System. He founded PHISO, the country's premier organization for international studies scholars. He built the Decolonial Studies Program at UP CIDS. He co-edited a Routledge volume on Islamic International Relations that's now cited in universities far beyond the Philippines.

And through all of it, he kept returning to the same conviction: that the Bangsamoro people deserve to see their history, their faith, and their traditions treated as sources of knowledge, not just subjects of study.

His philosophy of Moral Governance, built on Faith, Freedom, Moral Authority, Common Good, and Social Justice, isn't borrowed from a Western textbook. It's rooted in who the Bangsamoro people are and what they've always believed about how communities should be led.

Read his full profile now on BangsamoroPedia: https://wiki.maranaw.com/index.php/Nassef_Adiong

23/02/2026
28/11/2025
๐๐‘๐‹๐’ ๐๐š๐ซ๐ญ๐ข๐œ๐ข๐ฉ๐š๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง ๐ข๐ง ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐ˆ๐ง๐ญ๐ž๐ซ๐ง๐š๐ฅ ๐‚๐จ๐ง๐ญ๐ซ๐จ๐ฅ ๐‘๐ข๐ฌ๐ค ๐Œ๐š๐ง๐š๐ ๐ž๐ฆ๐ž๐ง๐ญ ๐’๐ฒ๐ฌ๐ญ๐ž๐ฆ ๐‘๐ž๐ฏ๐ข๐ž๐ฐThe Policy Research and Legal Services (PRLS) re...
28/11/2025

๐๐‘๐‹๐’ ๐๐š๐ซ๐ญ๐ข๐œ๐ข๐ฉ๐š๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง ๐ข๐ง ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐ˆ๐ง๐ญ๐ž๐ซ๐ง๐š๐ฅ ๐‚๐จ๐ง๐ญ๐ซ๐จ๐ฅ ๐‘๐ข๐ฌ๐ค ๐Œ๐š๐ง๐š๐ ๐ž๐ฆ๐ž๐ง๐ญ ๐’๐ฒ๐ฌ๐ญ๐ž๐ฆ ๐‘๐ž๐ฏ๐ข๐ž๐ฐ

The Policy Research and Legal Services (PRLS) recently participated in the โ€œInternal Control Risk Management Systemโ€ review held on 5 Jumada Al Thani 1447 | 26 November 2025 at the CNX Function Hall in Cotabato City. The activity gathered representatives from various BTA offices to examine the proposed Internal Control Risk Management Policy and Risk Assessment Tools.

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The Bangsamoro Parliamentโ€™s Policy Research And Legal Services, 2nd Floor, 8Z Building (Old Barter Tourism Complex), R. Garcia St. , Gov. Gutierrez Avenue (near Landbank Estosan), Brgy. Rosary Heights
Cotabato City
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