Marcos Appoints Mel Sarmiento to Lead Bangsamoro Peace Panel
President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. has appointed former Interior Secretary Mel Sarmiento to head the government's peace implementing panel for the Bangsamoro region. Sarmiento's role will involve overseeing the implementation of peace agreements in the autonomous region.
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Who is Mel Sarmiento, head of gov’t peace implementing panel for Bangsamoro?
(1st UPDATE) Sarmiento joined the Marcos Cabinet as head of the Office of the Presidential Adviser on Peace, Reconciliation and Unity in April 2026
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MANILA, Philippines — President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. has designated Presidential Peace Adviser Secretary Mel Senen Sarmiento as the new chair of the government’s Peace Implementing Panel (PIP) in the Bangsamoro peace process, Malacañang announced Wednesday. Sarmiento is the sixth PIP chair of the government to engage with the Moro Islamic Liberation Front in implementing the
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