Non Moro Indigenous Peoples participation in the peace process and - PowerPoint PPT Presentation

“Non Moro Indigenous Peoples participation in the peace process and the passage of the Bangsamoro Organic Law and transition period” Visiting Fellowship 2018 Australian National University Canberra, Australia Presented by: Froilyn T. Mendoza Executive Director TLWOI

Outline: • Brief presentation of Non Moro Indigenous Peoples in the Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao and areas contiguous to ARMM • Lets examine peace in the lives of NMIP esp. in the most conflict affected areas. • Indigenous Peoples Peace Mechanism. • IP Provisions in the Bangsamoro Organic Law • Emerging issues and challenges • Recommendations and ways forward

Introduction: Non Moro Indigenous Peoples communities w/in ARMM & areas contiguous to ARMM Higaonon Erumanén Téduray, né Menuvu Lambangian & Dulangan Manobo Blaan

INDIGENOUS POLITICAL STRUCTURES (IPS) TERRITORY PUSAKA MÉNUWA TANA TUPU FUSAKA DEREPA INGÉD ETHNICITY DULANGAN TÉDURAY & ÉRUMANÉN NÉ MANOBO LAMBANGIAN MÉNUVU GOVERNANCE Dulangan Manobo Késéfa-nangguwit Kamal STRUCTURE Kuwit Kitab Timuay (Timuay Justice & Governance) LAWS KITAB UKIT & TÉGUDON UKIT BÉTAD BATASAN JUSTICE SYSTEM ANTANG TIYAWAN KUKUM Agubalang DEFENSE Diyaga F é nuwo Bahani

MAGUINDANAO ARMM TEDURAY, LAMBANGIAN & DULANGAN MANOBO

122,914 --- IP Population among 12 12 Municipalities Municipalities in the Bangsamoro core territory. 18,135 ---- Households 12 Municipalities 21 --------- Tribal affiliations Ampatuan Datu Abdullah Sangki Datu Blah Sinsuat Datu Hoffer Ampatuan Ancestral Land Datu Odin Sinsuat Datu Saudi Ampatuan 277,677 hectares perimeter area ( 183,899 Datu Unsay Guindulungan land plus 93,779 coastal water) – South Upi Talayan Teduray Upi Wao – Lanao del Sur 25,967 hectares perimeter area – Lambangian (259.67 km 2 ) 6,075 hectares perimeter area – Dulangan (60.75 km 2 ) plus 12,000 hectares of Tubak still under contract with V. Consunji IFMA #020 and #022. 309,720 hectares perimeter area (215,941plus 93,779 coastal water) – Total IP Ancestral Domain claim within mainland ARMM ( Maguindanao and Lanao del Sur ).

Téduray Lambangian Dulangan Manobo 309,720 hectares including coastal waters

• Since 1970, more than 10,000 Teduray families from 4 Barangays in the Firis Complex have fled due to armed confrontation between the ILAGA and the Moro (Blackshirt). • In 1996, the MILF established camp in Mt. Firis the area and declared it as one of their Complex Satellite Camps during peace negotiations. • In 2000, President Estrada declared war against the MILF and overran the camp, the Teduray fled once more • In 2011, BIFF under Amelil Umbra Kato renamed it to Camp Ohmar (including Barangay Ahan covering sitio Firis, Urok Meringen, Limfongo now Datu Hofer) • To date, the Teduray have not reclaimed their homeland and have “ Camp Ohmar ” no permanent place to live in.

POVERTY SITUATION Poverty is prevalent in IP communities in ARMM as people commonly engaged in shifting “slash and burn” cultivation or cane slasher or tapasero. Income derived from farming is approximately P1,000 – 2,000 a year. The situation becomes worse when crops are attacked/eaten by rodents or destroyed by adverse climatic conditions. Most IP’s in the ARMM could not afford even the things that are considered as basic necessities. When asked about their most valued belonging, the IP women in the ARMM enumerated the “kaldero” or casserole, plates, spoon and fork, “galunan” or plastic water container, glass, blanket, the few clothing they have and things that most in mainstream society take for granted.

Due to armed conflicts, IP women in the ARMM especially in the conflict- affected areas find it hard to establish permanent houses and more secure communities.

Incident map of the latest hostilities within the ancestral domain of the Teduray as of 2017.

Recovered bodies and handcuffed Teduray farmers of Sitio Makon, Firis, Datu Unsay, Maguindanao helpless killed by BIFF on September 1, 2018

GRP-IP PEACE PANEL As an offshoot of the Peace Table Conversations with key Indigenous People (IP) leaders in Mindanao held on 26 April 2017 at the MTRC-IPHC, Bajada, Davao City, Sec. Dureza, the Presidential Adviser on the Peace Process (PAPP) announced the formation and immediate activation of an OPAPP panel for the IPs. This is in response to their clamor for IP representation in the peace process.

GRP-IP PEACE PANEL INTRODUCTION FUNCTIONS Composed of gov’t agencies & instrumentalities dealing with IPs in the country, its primary role is to engage, meet, converse with and hear the concerns, inputs, recommendations of IPs in the country. They shall bring, advocate, espouse or present to the GRP Panel the consolidated inputs, issues and concerns, and aspirations of IP communities, as articulated by their leaders, relative to the following: 1) GRP-NDFP peace process; 2) Bangsamoro Transition Commission (BTC) in the crafting of the enabling law for the Comprehensive Agreement on the Bangsamoro (CAB); and, 3) Other IP issues and concerns that impact on the peace process.

UPDATES IPPP IN RELATION TO THE BANGSAMORO PEACE PROCESS  GRP-IPPP RESOLUTION No. 01 , To Organize And Convene Representatives Of Indigenous Communities Within The Proposed Bangsamoro Territory ”  To implement this, a Mindanao IP Legislative Assembly was conceptualized (MIPLA)

Mindanao Indigenous Peoples Legislative Assembly Selected IP leaders chosen by the community pursuant to their selection process representing various leaders and elders comprising the ancestral domain of the Non Moro IP who expressed their context and concern and manifest their various issues and recommendation to the Bangsamoro Organic Law.

UPDATES IPPP IN RELATION TO THEBANGSAMORO PEACE PROCESS MIPLA DRAFTING COMMITTEE A group of Legal personalities from DOJ, OSG, CHR, NCIP and independent IP Rights Advocate Groups have committed to compose the Drafting Committee to help the IP Delegates translate their unities into a formal legislative proposal to Congress to form part of the proposed Bangsamoro Enhanced Bill, in accordance with the Assembly’s content , context and perspective.

Community based peace mechanisms: - IP Emergency Peace Center (IPEPC) - .

Indigeous People's Technical Working Group (IP-TWG) on Policy drafting - The IPs within the Bangsamoro formed a consortium led by the Teduray- Lambangian (the majority of IP) including Dulangan-Manobo tribes, non- islamised Sama and Badjaos, and the Higaonon to prepare and push for an early drafting of the IP related policies enshrined in the BBL, this include Magna Carta for IPs in the Bangsamoro, the IP representation, the IP University amongst others. It is envisaged that the IP-TWG will run from December 2018 to June 2019 with needed support for secretariat, legal, advocacy / lobbying and logistics.

Indigenous Peoples Democratic Party (IPDP)- is a multi-sectoral and genuinely principled political party of different Indigenous Structure, IP Organizations, Local government units, security forces, women, youth and religious organizations of the indigenous peoples in the Bangsamoro that are committed to actively participate in the democratic electoral process and governance in the Bangsamoro. What does it stands for? It stands for the recognition, protection and promotion of the Rights of the Indigenous Peoples to self-determination base on identity self-governance and ancestral domain.

IP Provisions in the Bangsamoro Organic Law R.A. 11054 OR THE ORGAIC LAW FOR THE BANGSAMORO UPDATES AUTONOMOUS REGION OF MUSLIM MIDANAO (OLBARMM) signed July 27, 2018

IP Provisions in the Bangsamoro Organic Law R.A. 11054, signed July 27, 2018 ARTICLE I NAME AND PURPOSE SEC. 3. Purpose. - The purpose of this Organic Law is to establish a political entity, provide for its basic structure of government in recognition of the justness and legitimacy of the cause of the Bangsamoro people and the aspirations of Muslim. Filipinos and all indigenous cultural communities in the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao to secure their identity and posterity, allowing for meaningful self-governance within the framework of the Constitution and the national sovereignty as well as territorial integrity of the Republic of the Philippines.

ARTICLE IV GENERAL PRINCIPLES AND POLICIES SEC. 9. Rights of Non-Moro Indigenous Peoples. – The Bangsamoro Government shall recognize and promote the rights of non-Moro indigenous peoples within the framework of the Constitution and National laws.

SEC. 10. Freedom of Choice The freedom of choice of all peoples within the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region shall be respected. Indigenous peoples shall have the freedom to retain their distinct indigenous and ethnic identity in addition to their Bangsamoro political identity. There shall be no discrimination on the basis of identity, religion, and ethnicity.