under the presidency of aquino's successor, rodrigo duterte, a new draft for the bbl was made and became legislated into law as the bangsamoro organic law (bol) in 2018. a plebiscite was held on january 21, 2019 to ratify the bol, with a majority of armm's voters deciding for the ratification of the law which meant that the future abolition of the armm and the establishment of the bangsamoro autonomous region was in motion. voters in cotabato city voted to join the new autonomous region while isabela city voted against inclusion. the commission on elections proclaimed that the bol is "deemed ratified" on january 25, 2019. the provincial government of sulu, where majority voted against inclusion, was also not in favor of the law with its governor challenging the constitutionality of the law before the supreme court. despite voting against inclusion, sulu was still included in the bangsamoro region due to rules stated in the bol, sparking outrage from the natives.