The Traditional Leaders sector is a constituency in the Bangsamoro Parliament. The Parliament reserves a single seat for traditional leaders of the royal sultanates and royal houses of the Bangsamoro.
Background Original setup The Bangsamoro Parliament, as provided for by the Bangsamoro Electoral Code of 2023, is mandated to reserve eight seats for sectoral representatives. These include the Non-Moro Indigenous Peoples (NMIP), Settler Communities, Women, Youth, 'Ulama, and Traditional Leaders.
All six sectors were supposed to select their representatives through their respective sectoral assemblies.
The following institutions were explicitly named in Section 31 of the Bangsamoro Electoral Code.
Sulu Sultanate Sultanates of Maguindanao, Kabuntalan, and Buayan Royal House of Ranao Royal House of Iranun
The Intra-Sultanate Assembly was originally intended to determine the rotational order for the four groups from which the Traditional Leaders sectoral representative would be selected. Under the original guidelines, the Sultanates of Maguindanao, Kabuntalan, and Buayan were treated as a single cluster and were to determine their own internal rotation.
Plurality vote Bangsamoro Act No. 88 was passed, amending the Bangsamoro Electoral Code and providing that all sectors except the NMIP shall elect their representatives through a direct plurality of valid votes.
List of Traditional Leaders MPs Portrait Member Term of office Group Parliament Electoral history Marjanie Macasalong Assuming office on October 30, 2026 UBJP* 1st Parliament Elected in 2026 (*) sectoral wing of a regional political party.
Elections 2026
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