The interim regional government and advocacy groups in Mindanao successfully campaigned to move the date of the elections.

[1] Under the law which postponed the elections to 2025, the President of the Philippines may appoint a new set of members for the interim parliament whose term will run until June 30, 2025.

The impact of the COVID-19 pandemic in the region was cited as justification, which led to the non-passage of a Bangsamoro Electoral Code.

Kusug Tausug in the House of Representatives believed that postponing the elections tantamount to justifying the interim Bangsamoro government's performance which it found inadequate.

Sulu Governor Abdusakur Tan also opposed the extension since he wanted elected officials to lead the region by 2022.

[11] In late September, both chambers ratified the conference committee's version of the bill, giving the winning president in the 2022 election the power to appoint the members of the next transitional parliament.

[14] Duterte's successor President Bongbong Marcos appointed a new set of members for the interim parliament.

[17] On October 22, 2024, the Bangsamoro Transition Authority adopted a resolution requesting the national Congress to move the election to 2028 on account of Sulu's exclusion from the BARMM.

[21] Maguindanao del Sur governor Mariam Mangudadatu said that there has been fatal skirmishes involving the MILF since 2022, questioning their legitimacy since their leadership in the transition government would consequentially be extended if the elections is postponed.

[22] The Bagnsamoro regional government has expressed openness to the postponement stating that it is deferring the "sound discretion" of the national Congress.

Concerns were largely on the disentrancement of voters in Sulu, especially in the event the Supreme Court reverse its decision.

However, the Commission on Elections subsequently moved the date to November 4-9, 2024 due to the exclusion of Sulu from the BARMM by the Supreme Court.

The UBJP is an affiliate of the Moro Islamic Liberation Front, whose nominees form the majority of the Bangsamoro Transition Authority Parliament.

[41] However, Tan became ineligible to run for chief minister following the Supreme Court decision excluding Sulu from the BARMM on September 9, 2024.