The United Bangsamoro Justice Party, the political wing of the Moro Islamic Liberation Front, delivers a sweeping victory in the two Maguindanao provinces, Tawi-Tawi, and Cotabato City but lost in other top races elsewhere.
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00:00The United Bangsamoro Justice Party, the political wing of the Moro Islamic Liberation Front,
00:05delivers a sweeping victory in the two Maguindanao provinces, Tawi-Tawi and Cotabato City,
00:10but lost in other top races elsewhere.
00:12UBJP-supported candidates won against powerful political families,
00:16including the Mangudadatus and their allies in the Maguindanao provinces.
00:20In Maguindanao del Sur, UBJP candidate and former Talayan mayor Ali Midtimbang
00:24defeated Governor Miriam Sankimangudadatu.
00:27His running mate, Ustad Sisham Nando, son of a late MILF leader,
00:31won the Vice Governor's seat, beating former Mama Sapano Mayor Benzar Ampatuan.
00:36Former Maguindanao Governor Esmael Toto Mangudadatu, also backed by UBJP,
00:40narrowly defeated incumbent Representative Muhammad Dong Paglas in the congressional race.
00:45Other MILF-backed candidates who won are former Sultan Kudarat Mayor Tukao Mastura
00:49and former Datubla Sinswat Mayor, Marshall Sinswat.
00:52The loss was a setback for Mariam and Suharto Teng Mangudadatu's political family,
00:57which had long-controlled politics in the Maguindanao and Sultan Kudarat provinces.
01:01But the MILF and its party also lost in some provinces,
01:04like Basilan, where UBJP-backed candidate Jay Hataman Saliman
01:07lost to his uncle, Representative Mujib Hataman, for the gubernatorial race.
01:12In Lanao del Sur, the UBJP faced a big loss
01:14when Governor Mamintal Adyong Jr. of the Lakas Party
01:17defeated their candidate, Fiat Makarambon.
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