An Act Institutionalizing the Conduct of Monthly Values Formation Sessions in the Human Resource Development Plans of All Ministries, Offices, and Agencies of the Bangsamoro Government, and for Other Purposes

The Bangsamoro Values Formation Act. Every ministry, office and agency of the Bangsamoro Government must hold an Islamic Values Formation Session once a month, lasting at least 2 hours, on a day each office chooses to suit its work.

The Bangsamoro Darul-Ifta' supplies the facilitators, keeps a Values Formation Module adaptable to each office, and makes sure sessions follow Shari'ah, moral governance and the Bangsamoro Civil Service Code. Before sessions begin, it runs a needs assessment survey that at least 10% of each office's workforce must answer, and the results set the topics.

Each office's HR officer or Personnel Development Committee writes the sessions into the annual HR Development Plan and records attendance in employees' HRD records. Attending at least 1 session a year counts as the mandatory HRD intervention under the Civil Service Code. Offices report quarterly to the Darul-Ifta' and the "BHRO", and the Darul-Ifta' sends an annual report to the Chief Minister. The bill has 10 sections.

It was filed on 20 January 2026 by MP Tawakal B. Midtimbang and 8 other MPs, read on first reading on 26 January 2026, and taken up on second reading in plenary, where after an authorship speech it was deferred on 27 January 2026. Parliament's index records no later action.

The copy filed has no explanatory note. Section 2 gives the purpose: to promote moral governance and strengthen the ethical foundations of public service, citing Section 3 of Article IX of the Bangsamoro Organic Law and Article 101 of the Bangsamoro Civil Service Code, BAA 17, and recognising the importance of Islamic values and ethical guidance in developing the workforce.

This bill moved fast, then stopped. It was filed on 20 January 2026, read on first reading 6 days later and in plenary the next day, 27 January 2026, with no committee referral recorded in Parliament's index. It was deferred there and has not moved since.

The obligation is lighter than the title suggests. Offices must hold a session every month, but Section 6 says attending 1 a year meets an employee's mandatory HRD intervention. That matches what BAA 17 already allows: Article 101 of the Civil Service Code says HRD interventions "may include Islamic values formation trainings" and requires at least 1 planned intervention a year. What the bill adds is the monthly schedule and the Darul-Ifta's role.

The copy has loose ends. The short title is the "Bangsamoro Values Formation Act of 2025", though it was filed in 2026. Section 7 sends reports to a "BHRO" the bill never defines. The co-author line on the copy names 8 MPs, while Parliament's index lists 17.