Section 5. Powers.— The Parliament shall have the following powers:

1. Enact laws to promote, protect, and ensure the general welfare of the Bangsamoro people and other inhabitants in the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region;

2. Call for a referendum on important issues affecting the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region;

3. Enact a law on initiatives;

4. Conduct inquiries in aid of legislation in accordance with its rules. The rights of persons appearing in or affected by such inquiry shall be respected;

5. Enact a law that allows the Chief Minister, Speaker of the Parliament, and the Presiding Justice of the Shari’ah High Court to augment any item in the general appropriations law for their respective offices from savings in other items of their respective appropriations;

6. Enact a law within the competencies of the Bangsamoro Government to regulate the grant of regional franchises and concessions, and empower the Chief Minister to grant leases, permits, and licenses over agricultural lands and for forest management;

7. Discipline its members as provided in Section 26, Article VII of this Organic Law;

8. Enact laws declaring Bangsamoro holidays; and

9. Be consulted on matters affecting the environment.