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CASE SUMMARY:

GR.NOS. 242255, 243246, AND 243693

FACTS:
THE STRUGGLE OF THE BANGSAMORO PEOPLE FOR SELF-
DETERMINATION CAN BE TRACED AS FAR AS BACK AS EARLY DAYS
OF IMPERIALISM. PEOPLE OF THIS AREA WERE TRULLY
AFTER THE LONG PERIOD OF DELIBERATIONS AND NEGOTIATIONS
FINALLY, AN AC
THE SC RESOVLES THE CONSOLIDATED PETITIONS OF THE PROVINCE
OF SULU (ONE OF THE MEMBER OF THE ARMM) FOR:
1. CERTIORARI AND PROHIBITION WITH PRAYERS FOR
TEMPORARY RESTRAINING ORDERS AND OR PRELIMINARY
INJUNCTIONS FILED UNDER RULE 65 OF THE RULES OF THE
COURT DECLARING R.A 11054 (BANGSAMORO ORGANIC LAW)
UNCONSTITUTIONAL.
2. ENJOIN THE CONDUCT OF A PLEBISCITE FOR ITS RATIFICATION
(TO LEGALLY FORBID OR TO HALT THE ESTABLISHMENT OF THE
PLEBISCITE THAT WILL RATIFY THE SAID ACT)

BACKGROUND OF THE CASE:

I. THE FORMATION OF THE AUTONOMOUS REGION IN MUSLIM


MINDANAO

A. (THE BIRTH OF MNLF)

NAVIDA, C (2024). CONSTI-1 CD., GR.242255, 243246, 243693. SBU-MANILA


THE STRUGGLE OF THE BANGSAMORO PEOPLE FOR SELF-
DETERMINATION CAN BE TRACED AS FAR AS BACK AS EARLY DAYS
OF IMPERIALISM.
THE MASSACRE OF THE TAUSUG AND SAMA MEN OF THE
PHILIPPINE ARMY OFFICERS (THE JABIDAH MASSACRE) GIVE RISE TO
AN ARMED CONFLICT BETWEEN THE ARMED FORCES OF THE
PHILIPPINES AND MUSLIM ARMED OPPOSITION. NOW, THIS
MASSACRE GAVE BIRTH TO THE MORO SEPARIST GROUP SUCH AS
THE MORO INDEPENDENCE MOVEMENT AND EVENTUALLY, THE
MORO NATIONAL LIBERATION FRONT (MNLF).

B. (THE TRIPOLI AGREEMENT OF 1976)


THE DECLARATION OF THE MARTIAL LAW IN 1972 BECAME
THE CATALYST OF THE REBELLION OF THE MNLF TOWARDS THE GRP
(GOVT. OF THE REP. OF PHIL). NOW, AWARE OF THE DEEPER
COMPLICATIONS THAT THE WAR MAY SPRANG TOWARDS HIS
ADMINISTRATION, FERDINAND MARCOS SR. PURSUES THE TRIPOLI
AGREEMENT (THE TRIPOLI AGREEMENT OF 1976) WHICH WILL
PROVIDE PRINCIPLES FOR AUTONOMY FOR MUSLIM REGIONS
PARTICULARLY IN THE SOUTHERN PORTION OF THE COUNTRY.
(BASICALLY, THE AGREEMENT WAS FOR PEACE PURPOSES AND A
DELIBERATION FOR FINDING A SOLUTION TO RESOLVE THE
CONFLICT FOR ITS PERMANENT SETTLEMENT)

C. (THE FIRST AUTONOMOUS REGIONS IN THE SOUTHERN


PHILIPPINES)

(NOW, THEREFORE, I, FERDINAND E. MARCOS, President of the Philippines, by


virtue of the powers vested in me by the Constitution, do hereby declare autonomy in Southern
Philippines to be composed of the provinces of Basilan, Sulu, Tawi-Tawi, Zamboanga del
NAVIDA, C (2024). CONSTI-1 CD., GR.242255, 243246, 243693. SBU-MANILA
Norte, Zamboanga del Sur in Region 9, Lanao del Norte, Lanao del Sur, Maguindanao, North
Cotabato, Sultan Kudarat in Region 12, Palawan in Region 4-A, and Davao del Sur and South
Cotabato in Region II.) -Presidential Proclamation No. 1628.

MARCOS ISSUED THE PR. PROC NO. 1628 TO IMMEDIATELY


IMPLEMENT THE TRIPOLI AGREEMENT TO FINALLY DECLARE THE
AUTONOMY OF SEVERAL PROVINCES IN THE SOUTHERN PHILIPPINES.
A PLEBISCITE IS HEREBY ESTABLISHED TO EACH PROVINCE UNDER
THE SAID AGREEMENT. RIGHT AFTER THAT, THE LEGISLATIVE
BRANCH ENACTED BP.BLG.20 FOR THE CREATION OF THE REGIONAL
LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY FOR REGIONS 9 AND 12 WHICH
EVENTUALLY BECAME THE FIRST AUTONOMOUS REGIONS IN THE
COUNTRY UNDER THE TRIPOLI AGREEMENT OF 1976.
( WHEREAS, in the course of said discussions, Col. M. Khaddafy proposed to break the
impasse in the aforementioned negotiations with the declaration by President FERDINAND E.
MARCOS of autonomy for the thirteen (13) provinces mentioned in the Tripoli agreement of
December 23, 1976 within the realm of the sovereignty and territorial integrity of the Republic
of the Philippines, the organization of a provisional government for such areas of autonomy, in
which provisional government the concerned parties of the Moro National Liberation Front and
the inhabitants of the areas of autonomy shall take part and the holding of a referendum by the
provisional government concerning the manner in which the inhabitants within the areas of
autonomy may wish to organize themselves administratively in accordance with the
Constitution of the Philippines;). Presidential Proclamation No. 1628.

(WHEREAS, on the following day, March 19, 1977, President FERDINAND E.


MARCOS informed Col. Muammar Al Ghaddafi of his approval of the above proposal;.
Presidential Proclamation No. 1628.

D. (THE COLLAPSE OF THE TRIPOLI OF 1976 AND THE


BIRTH OF THE MILF)
IN APRIL 1977, THE PEACE TALKS BETWEEN THE
GOVERNMENT (PR.MARCOS) AND THE MNLF COLLAPSED AND THIS
PAVED WAY TO THE CREATION OF THE MILF (MORO ISLAMIC
LIBERATION FRONT) A SECOND MUSLIM SEPARIST ORGANIZATION
NAVIDA, C (2024). CONSTI-1 CD., GR.242255, 243246, 243693. SBU-MANILA
E. (THE RATIFICATION OF 1987 CONSTITUTION AND R.A
6734)
AFTER MARCOS SR. WAS OUSTED TO HIS POSITION THE
CEASEFIRE AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE MNLF AND GRP WAS
PURSUED WHICH WAS SIGNED BY THE NEWLY PROCLAIMED
PRESIDENT CORY AQUINO. ALSO, THE RATIFICATION OF THE 1987
CONSTITUTION AND THROUGH THE ACT OF THE LEGISLATIVE
AUTHORITIES LED THE FORMATION AND ENACTMENT OF R.A 6734
OTHERWISE KNOWN AS AN ACT TO STRENGTHEN AND EXPAND THE
ORGANIC ACT FOR THE AUTONOMOUS REGION OF MUSLIM MINDANAO.
OF WHICH EVENTUALLY THE CATALYST FOR THE FORMATION OF
THE AUTONOMOUS REGION IN THE MUSLIM MINDANAO
MOVING FORWARD, PRESIDENT FIDEL V. RAMOS EXTENDED
THE PEACE PROCESS BY ISSUING THE EXECUTIVE ORDER NO.125
WHICH CREATED THE OFFICE OF THE PRESEDENTIAL ADVISER ON
THE PEACE PROCESS WHICH PROVIDES A MORE SYSTEMATIC AND
ORGANIZED PEACE TALK PARTICULARLY WITH THE MNLF.

II. THE BANGSAMORO AS A JURIDICAL ENTITY

F. (AN ALL-OUT WAR AGAINST THE MILF)

PRESIDENT ESTRADA CONTINUED THE PEACE TALKS WITH THE MILF


HOWEVER, IT WAS ONLY FOR CESSARTION

NAVIDA, C (2024). CONSTI-1 CD., GR.242255, 243246, 243693. SBU-MANILA


NAVIDA, C (2024). CONSTI-1 CD., GR.242255, 243246, 243693. SBU-MANILA

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