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Bangsamoro Education Minister Mohagher Iqbal —PHOTO COURTESY MBHTE-BARMM
COTABATO CITY, BARMM, Philippines — Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (BARMM) Interim Chief Minister Abdulraof Macacua removed Education Minister Mohagher Iqbal from his post in defiance of the leadership of erstwhile secessionist group Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF).
On May 11, Macacua had written to Iqbal to ask him to step down as head of the BARMM’s Ministry of Basic, Higher and Technical Education (MBHTE). The letter also emphasized that if Iqbal does not resign, he is deemed to have resigned by the close of business hours on May 18.
Macacua, who also heads the MILF’s military wing that is undergoing decommissioning, said his call for Iqbal’s resignation stemmed from recent findings by the Commission on Audit (COA) about P2.2 billion in questionable financial transactions of MBHTE.
