Mahardika

Mahardika is a Bangsamoro regional party tied to the faction of Moro National Liberation Front (MNLF) founding chairman Nur Misuari — one of two rival MNLF factions accredited to contest the region's first parliamentary elections, the other being the Muslimin Sema-led 'Council of 15' bloc. Organized by Misuari's children, it is chaired by his son Ustadz Abdulkarim Tan Misuari, an MNLF vice-chairman, with Adib Sayyadi Tan Misuari as president, MP Randolph Parcasio as secretary-general, and Misuari as founding chairman. The party first manifested its bid and petitioned the COMELEC in Cotabato City in June 2024 and met the commission's 2026 filing deadline to compete. For the 2026 polls it named Misuari's daughter, Deputy Social Services Minister Nur-Ainee Tan Lim, as its number-one nominee, while incumbent MP and women's-sector leader Tarhata Maglangit is among its prominent nominees.

Source: https://www.inquirer.net/472083/new-parties-emerge-for-historic-barmm-elections/ · Apr 8, 2026