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How government works,in plain words.
Laws, budgets, elections and public spending, taken apart in short, sourced pieces anyone can follow. No law degree needed.
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Each workspace carries its own long-form guides, written beside the records they explain: how Parliament makes a law, how a budget moves, what each level of local government does, how public bidding works.
LegislationHow Parliament worksWhat the Bangsamoro Parliament can and cannot do, how a bill becomes law, how it votes and where an ordinary person can take part.Open in LegislationLegislationCommon questions about ParliamentWho its members are, how a law is made, why so few votes are on the record, and what a committee can compel.Open in LegislationBudgetThe budget processHow a Bangsamoro budget is prepared, enacted, released and audited, as a sequence you can follow.Open in BudgetBudgetBudget words, explainedWhat Personnel Services, MOOE and capital outlay pay for, what a GAAB is, and what a special purpose fund does.Open in BudgetLocal governmentWhat each level doesProvince, city or municipality, barangay: who you elect at each, what each does for you and what it may charge you.Open in Local governmentLocal governmentHow devolution worksWhat the Local Governance Code hands down from the region to its local governments, and the services each level owes.Open in Local governmentLocal governmentThe Bangsamoro Local Governance CodeA reader’s guide to Autonomy Act 49: who may run, how local money is raised and shared, and where it differs from the national code.Open in Local governmentLocal governmentLocal budgetsWhere a local government’s money comes from, what the law makes it spend first, and the dates its budget must clear.Open in Local governmentLocal governmentSalaries and benefitsWhat the code pays a governor, a mayor, a council member and a barangay captain, and what limits a local payroll.Open in Local governmentProcurementHow government procurement worksThe law, who decides, public bidding step by step, the other ways to buy, and the amounts that trigger each rule.Open in ProcurementProcurementFollow the pesoEach regional office’s budget to buy with, set beside what it put out to bid and what was awarded.Open in Procurement
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