Sheikh Abdulrauf Guialani —Bangsamoro Authorities/Fb
COTABATO CITY, BARMM, Philippines — The Bangsamoro Darul Ifta (Islamic advisory council) headed by the Grand Mufti has issued a fatwa (Islamic ruling) in opposition to vote-selling and vote-buying within the midterm polls in Might and the primary Bangsamoro Parliament election (BPE) in October this yr.
Sheikh Abdulrauf Guialani, the Grand Mufti, backed by seven Islamic jurists within the Bangsamoro Autonomous Area in Muslim Mindanao (BARMM), issued the Islamic ruling on Feb. 22, after some regional officers and residents clamored for his or her steering in selecting leaders amid the prevalence of shopping for and promoting votes that accompany Philippine electoral processes.
A fatwa is a authorized ruling on some extent of Islamic regulation (Shariah) given by a certified Islamic jurist (faqih).
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The ruling careworn that purchasing electoral votes is forbidden by Shariah (spiritual regulation).
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“We warn in opposition to a candidate shopping for votes to win the election,” Guialani wrote within the decree. “The ruling of the Shariah on this act combines three descriptions: bribery, betrayal and false testimony.”
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Malicious habits
He stated it’s bribery when the candidate pays cash or a profit with financial worth to the voter “to current him over others who could also be extra certified and higher than him.”
Guialani likened vote-buying and vote-selling as a betrayal by each events; particularly the voter when he offers his suggestion within the unsuitable place like a false testimony concerning the candidate.
“If bribery in extraordinary issues is forbidden and prohibited, then in elections it’s extra severe and extra sinful as a result of it [allows] the incompetent [to] attain parliament or any place within the authorities with out proper,” Guialani stated.
He added: “Such folks won’t be reliable in setting the laws and rules that they problem to handle the federal government.”
Nowadays when candidates search to win elections, some sadly use bribery to realize votes, stated the Grand Mufti. “This can be a malicious habits, a terrific sin, a nationwide crime and an ethical corruption that should be confronted with decisiveness and firmness to finish the plague, epidemic and hazard to the longer term and safety of the nation,” stated the decree.
He added that whoever buys votes will discover it simple to promote his nation, and he can even search to compensate for the cash he spent by all means. “So how can we be secure in a council that features folks like these?” he requested.
Guialani additionally reminded all of the registered voters within the BARMM to be accountable voters.
“We are saying that voting in elections is an affidavit, a suggestion and belief,” he stated. “We remorse that election time is usually a thriving marketplace for evils corresponding to bribery, vote-buying, backbiting, monitoring folks’s faults and swearing, which is asking an individual to swear that he’ll take cash in return for his vote,” he stated.
He stated the identical edict applies in the course of the BPE set in October this yr.
Steady transition
The BPE, initially set concurrently with the Might 12 midterm polls, was moved to Oct. 13 underneath Republic Act No. 12123 signed final week by President Marcos.
Beneath the regulation, aspirants who filed their certificates of candidacy (COC) in November final yr can be routinely thought-about as candidates and nominees within the BARMM elections on Oct. 13. New filings for COCs won’t be entertained whereas the substitution of candidates and nominees won’t be allowed besides in instances of loss of life or disqualification.
Bangsamoro Interim Parliament Chief Minister Ahod Ebrahim thanked nationwide leaders and the Bangsamoro folks for the signing of RA 12123, saying the extension helps a extra steady transition.
“We stay dedicated to upholding democratic ideas, fostering significant political participation, and maximizing the transition interval to determine a extra steady and efficient authorities for the Bangsamoro,” he stated in a press release on Saturday.
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“As we transfer ahead, we name on everybody to stay engaged, vigilant, and united in shaping the way forward for the area,” he added. —with a report from Dexter Cabalza
