A bill seeking to divide Maguindanao into two provinces was approved by the Senate committee on local government on Monday.
The Senate panel approved House Bill 6413, which seeks to split the province into Northern Maguindanao and Southern Maguindanao.
Committee chairman Sen. Francis Tolentino said a technical working group would discuss where to place the seat of government in the two provinces.
Datu Odin Sinsuat is being eyed as the capital of Southern Maguindanao and either Buluan or Shariff Aguak in Northern Maguindanao.
Maguindanao Rep. Esmael Mangudadatu, one of the principal authors of the measure, said Southern Maguindanao will be composed of 25 towns while Northern Maguindanao will have 11.
For the purpose of this section, Cotabato City shall have its own legislative district effective upon the election and qualification of its representative to be held on the second Monday of May in the year 2022. The incumbent Representatives of the present Province of Maguindanao shall continue to represent their respective legislative districts until the expiration of their term of office.
In the proposed law it stated “Any municipality that may hereafter be created within the jurisdiction of their provinces shall automatically form part of its constituent units.”
”Not all redistricting is harmful... Politically motivated gerrymandering will worsen wastage of public resources while economically motivated gerrymandering will lead to improved provision of public services,” Mangudadatu said.
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