CONSTITUTION OF THE FEDERAL MONARCHIAL

SELF-GOVERNMENT OF THE INDIGENOUS PEOPLE

IN MAHARLIKA ARCHIPELAGO

 

(FEDERAL MAHARLIKA)

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PREAMBLE

 

We the sovereign people in the Philippine Islands, the Far East Orient State, the Filipinos, cultural minorities and cultural majority Indigenous People in Maharlika Archipelago, since time and immemorial who are as well indigenous peoples in the account of their descent, as successors-in-interest, asserting our inherent rights to self-governance, self-government, ancestral domain, social justice, human rights and cultural integrity, united in heart and spirit in the practice of the Maharlika Common Code, the love of God, the love of the good, and love of one’s neighbor, love for our native land and love for bayanihan, to build a rich, prosperous and powerful indigenous people nation within an existing Philippine nation, do ordain and promulgate this constitution.

 

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ARTICLE I

MAHARLIKA COMMON CODE

 

We are a divided nation. We are divided by our religion, political colors and tribes. The Constitution of the Federal Monarchial Self-Government of Indigenous People in Maharlika Archipelago needs a common code to unify the nation. We therefore adopt the Maharlika Common Code below, viz:

 

FIRST COMMON CODE:

LOVE OF GOD AND LOVE OF THE GOOD AND

LOVE OF ONE’S NEIGHBOUR

 

The United Nations General Assembly on adopted on 20 October 2010 the World Interfaith Harmony Week, every first week of February, thereby creating a common word for all faith worldwide, which shall be the FIRST COMMON CODE of the Indigenous People in Maharlika Archipelago, as quoted above.

 

REPUBLIC ACT NO. 10525, 23 July 2012

AN ACT DECLARING THE FIRST WEEK OF FEBRUARY OF EVERY YEAR AS

"WORLD INTERFAITH HARMONY" WEEK" IN THE ENTIRE COUNTRY AND

MANDATING ITS OBSERVANCE BY THE DIFFERENT GOVERNMENT AGENCIES

 

To love God, to love the good and love of one’s neighbor can also be expressed through Philanthropy: Love for humanity. To love what is good for our fellowmen. To reach out and help the less fortunate is also a call for each and every ICCs/IPs.

 

SECOND COMMON CODE:

LOVE FOR OUR NATIVE LAND

 

It was written by Supremo Gat Andres Bonifacio of the Kingdom of Tagalog Nation, a nation of different tribes in Maharlika Archipelago, the customary law hidden in his poem “Pag-ibig sa Tinubuang Lupa”, which reads partly as follows, viz:

 

Aling pag-ibig pa ang hihigit kaya                      

Sa pagkadalisay at pagkadakila                          

Gaya ng pag-ibig sa Tinubuang lupa?                

Aling pag-ibig pa? Wala na nga, wala.                      

 

Through this Constitution we express this love by confirming our Native Historic Title.

 

LAPU-LAPU FOR VISAYAS AND MINDANAO: I WILL NEVER BOW DOWN TO ANY OTHER KING EXCEPT TO PROTECT THE PEOPLE AND MY LAND.

THIRD COMMON CODE: LOVE FOR BAYANIHAN (COOPERATIVISM)

 

Bayanihan refers to the spirit of communal unity, work and cooperation to achieve a particular goal. Bayanihan is a compound word from Bayan-Bayani-Anihan. Bayan means spirit of communal unity, Bayani means work and cooperation and Anihan means to achieve a particular goal. This is also a common code and a call to all indigenous people to be moved by the spirit of communal unity, work and cooperation to achieve the goal of ending poverty through cooperativism and entrepreneurship.

 

Every Maharlikan is a member of the Indigenous People. Every Maharlikan Indigenous People (MIP) shall become a member of the National Cooperative Unity Agency (NCUA) in the legislative district where the MIP is residing and voting. There shall be two hundred fifty four (254) NCUA Branches nationwide and each branch shall receive an annual fund of one billion pesos (₱1,000,000,000.00) to fund all micro, small and medium enterprises of the MIPs.

 

Sources of Funds – the funds shall be sourced primarily from the capital shares of members. It shall also be sourced from the solidarity funding from all large corporation’s 10% net income through enactment of law required via Direct Initiative and/or signature campaign, in which the funds shall be directly given to the Federal Maharlika.

 

The funds shall also came from humanitarian funders, in which the beneficiary of the said funds is the People in the Philippine Islands.

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ARTICLE II

NATIVE HISTORIC TITLE

 

Section 1. Native Historic Title (Ancestral Domain Registration No. T-01). This Native Historic Title refers to pre-conquest rights to lands and domains which, as far back as memory reaches, since time and immemorial, have been held under a recovery of private ownership by ICCs/IPs of Maharlika Archipelago, have never been public lands and are thus indisputable presumed to have been held that way since before the Spanish Conquest.

 

This Native Historic Title is owned by the Indigenous People of Maharlika Archipelago (now called as Philippine Archipelago) since time and immemorial (it refers to a period of time when as far back as memory can go, certain ICCs/IPs of Maharlika Archipelago are known to have been occupied possessed in the concept of owner and utilized a defined territory devolved to them, by operation of customary law or inherited from their ancestors, in accordance with their customs and traditions).

 

This Native Historic Title is the ancestral domain generally belonging to ICCs/IPs of Maharlika Archipelago comprising of lands, inland waters, coastal areas and natural resources therein, held under recovery of ownership, occupied or possessed by ICCs/IPs of Maharlika Archipelago themselves and/or through their ancestors, communally or individually since time immemorial, including ancestral lands occupied, possessed or recovered up to present by ICCs/IPs of Maharlika Archipelago composed of individuals, families and clans who are members of the ICCs/IPs of Maharlika Archipelago since time immemorial by themselves and/or through their predecessors-in-interest, under recovery of individual and/or traditional group ownership.

The entire Maharlika Archipelago, also known as the Philippine Archipelago, constituting an archipelago of more or less 7,135 islands in the western Pacific Ocean, including the islands and waters of West and East Philippine Sea and Sabah, and the delineation of the Philippine Exclusive Economic Zone, located off the southwestern coast of the Asian mainland, across the South China Sea in strategic zone between China, Taiwan, Borneo and Indonesia, is owned by the people in the Philippine Islands, the Far East Orient State, the Filipinos, cultural minorities and cultural majority Indigenous People in Maharlika Archipelago, since time and immemorial.   

 

Penalty provision: Any member of the Royal and Maharlikan Indigenous People who engaged in land grabbing shall immediately be removed from his/her membership in the Indigenous People family.

 

Footnotes:

 

Conclusion of the Delineation as per ICJ Case No. 1425, (1975) Indicates that we must re-open the case.

 

G.R. No. 13585, Dec. 6, 2000, Chief Justice Reynato Puno, stated that “If the evolution of the Filipino people into a democratic society is to truly proceed democratically, i.e., if the Filipinos as a whole are to participate fully in the task of continuing democratization, it is this Court’s duty to acknowledge the presence of indigenous and customary laws in the country and affirm their co-existence with the land laws in our national legal system.

 

The concept of Native Title does not surrender or give up the claim that Ancestral Lands and Ancestral Domains have long been private property owned communally by our ICCs/IPs since time immemorial, even if in the meantime, said lands have been classified as public lands, simply because they could never been validly classified as such, considering that they were already owned privately by the IPs long before the Spaniards came along before the establishment of the Philippine Government. Atty. Cesar M. Ortega, NCIP, Ancestral Domain Office.

 

NCIP Ancestral Domain Office, JAO Section 10, DAR and DENR shall not issue title, when the I.P. implements its claim.

 

Section 2. TERRITORIES – The territories of the Native Historic Title shall include, to the fullest extent possible consistent with Maharlika Archipelago political subdivisions all lands, water, property, airspace, surface rights, subsurface rights and other natural resources in the following:

 

Three (3) Territories:

1. Lakanate of Luzon

2. Rajahnate of Visayas

3. Sultanate of Mindanao

 

Eighteen (18) Lakanate/Rajahnate/Sultanate (Regions)

 

Eighty Five (85) Lakanate/Rajahnate/Sultanate

(Districts of NCR & Provinces)

 

1. LAKANATE OF LUZON

 

o 1. Rajahnate of the National Capital Region

• 1st District: Capital Manila (Manila)

• 2nd District: Eastern Manila (Mandaluyong, Marikina, Pasig,

Quezon City, San Juan)

• 3rd District: Northern Manila (Caloocan, Navotas, Malabon, Valenzuela)

• 4th Fourth District: Southern Manila ( Las Piñas, Makati, Muntinlupa, Parañaque, Pasay, Pateros, Taguig)

 

o 2. Rajahnate of the Ilocos Region

• 1. Ilocos Norte

• 2. Ilocos Sur

• 3. La Union

• 4. Pangasinan

 

o 3. Rajahnate of the Cagayan Valley Region

• 5. Batanes

• 6. Cagayan

• 7. Isabela

• 8. Nueva Vizcaya

• 9. Quirino

 

o 4. Rajahnate of CORDILLERAS

• 71. Apayao

• 72. Abra

• 73. Benguet

• 74. Ifugao

• 75. Kalinga

• 76. Mountain Province

 

o 5. Rajahnate of Central Luzon

• 10. Aurora

• 11. Bataan

• 12. Bulacan

• 13. Pampanga

• 14. Tarlac

• 15. Zambales

• 16. Nueva Ecija

 

o 6. Rajahnate of CALABARZON

• 17. Cavite

• 18. Laguna

• 19. Batangas

• 20. Rizal

• 21. Quezon

 

o 7. Rajahnate of MIMAROPA

• 22. Occidental Mindoro

• 23. Oriental Mindoro

• 24. Marinduque

• 25. Romblon

• 26. Palawan

 

o 8. Rajahnate of Bicol Region

• 27. Camarines Norte

• 28. Camarines Sur

• 29. Catanduanes

• 30. Masbate

• 31. Sorsogon

• 32. Albay

 

2. RAJAHNATE OF VISAYAS

 

o 9. Rajahnate of Western Visayas

• 33. Aklan

• 34. Antique

• 35. Guimaras

• 36. Capiz

• 37. Iloilo

 

o 10. Rajahnate of Central Visayas

• 38. Bohol

• 39. Cebu

• 40. Siquijor

 

o 11. Rajahnate of Negros Island

• 41. Negros Oriental

• 42. Negros Occidental

 

o 12. Rajahnate of Eastern Visayas

• 43. Biliran

• 44. Leyte

• 45. Northern Samar

• 46. Samar

• 47. Southern Leyte

• 48. Eastern Samar

 

3. SULTANATE OF MINDANAO

 

o 13. Rajahnate of Zamboanga Peninsula

• 49. Zamboanga Del Norte

• 50. Zamboanga del Sur

• 51. Zamboanga Sibugay

 

o 14. Rajahnate of Northern Mindanao

• 52. Camiguin

• 53. Bukidnon

• 54. Lanao Del Norte

• 55. Misamis Oriental

• 56. Misamis Occidental

 

o 15. Rajahnate of Davao

• 57. Davao de Oro

• 58. Davao del Norte

• 59. Davao del Sur

• 60. Davao Oriental

• 61. Davao Occidental

 

o 16. Rajahnate of SOCCKSARGEN

• 62. South Cotabato

• 63. Cotabato

• 64. Sultan Kudarat

• 64. Sarangani

 

o 17. Rajahnate of CARAGA

• 66. Agusan del Norte

• 67. Agusan del Sur

• 68. Surigao del Norte

• 69. Surigao del Sur

• 70. Dinagat Islands

 

o 18. Rajahnate of BARMM

• 77. Basilan

• 78. Lanao del Sur

• 79. Maguindanao

• 80. Sulu

• 81. Tawi-Tawi

 

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ARTICLE III

ROYAL AND MAHARLIKAN INDIGENOUS PEOPLE

 

1. ROYAL Indigenous People are those who were current members of the Royal Family and those who reconstituted their Royal Family to rule and reign in the territories.

1. Official Royal Indigenous People Acknowledgement Roll (RIPAR) – One [1] Year Investigation by Supreme Tribal Council

2. Royal Indigenous Ancestry – Dang-ul Ceremony

3. Balik Tribu Rites registration to RIPAR

 

1. MAHARLIKAN Indigenous People are those who were current members of the cultural minorities and those balik-tribu who by self-ascription affirm his/her indigenous roots or his/her native bloodline.

1. Official Maharlikan Indigenous People Acknowledgement Roll (MIPAR) – One [1] Year Investigation by Supreme Tribal Council

2. Maharlikan Indigenous Ancestry – Dang-ul Ceremony

3. Balik Tribu Rites registration to MIPAR

 

1. OATH OF MAHARLIKA

 

I AM A MEMBER OF THE INDIGENOUS PEOPLE

IN THE LAND OF MAHARLIKA ARCHIPELAGO

I DECIDED TODAY TO ACKNOWLEDGE

MY NATIVE ANCESTORS TIME AND IMMEMORIAL.

 

I WILL GROW MYSELF TO BE UNITED IN HEART AND SPIRIT

IN THE PRACTICE OF OUR UNWRITTEN CUSTOMARY LAW

EXPRESSED IN THE MAHARLIKA COMMON CODE:

 

THE LOVE OF GOD AND LOVE OF THE GOOD AND LOVE OF ONE’S NEIGHBOR,

 

LOVE FOR OUR NATIVE LAND,

 

LOVE FOR BAYANIHAN,

 

IN ORDER TO BUILD A RICH, PROSPEROUS AND POWERFUL

INDIGENOUS PEOPLE NATION.

 

I WILL VOLUNTARYLY ASSIST IN THE MISSION OF

BALIK-TRIBU, BALIK-KULTURA, BALIK-SA-PANGINOON

AND BALIK-SA-LUPA NG NINUNO

 

TO MAKE THIS GREAT CHANGE DREAMS AND PURPOSE A REALITY!

 

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ARTICLE IV

ORGANIZATION OF THE PROVINCIAL TERRITORY

 

The Provincial Territory of Indigenous People represented by the Regional Leader may exercise the powers vested in the Self-Government of the Indigenous People (Ex. Self-Government of the ICCs/IPs of Quezon Province) which shall include the following, viz;

 

1. Provincial Tribal Council,

2. Provincial Tribal Administration, and

3. Provincial Tribal Court System.

 

The Provincial Tribal Council and Provincial Tribal Administration shall be organized as one self-governing body, wherein the members of the Provincial Tribal Council shall be the Regional and Provincial Leaders and shall act as legislative body and shall also act as the Provincial Tribal Administration acting as the executive body. All members of the self-government shall be appointed by the Regional Leader. The Provincial Tribal Council shall operate in accordance with Articles V and VI. The Provincial Tribal Court System shall operate in accordance with Article VII. The Provincial Tribal Administration shall be subordinate to the Tribal Council and shall operate in accordance with Article VIII.

 

 

ARTICLE V

THE PROVINCIAL TRIBAL COUNCIL

 

Section 1.

The Provincial Tribal Council. The legislative body of the Indigenous People in every province shall be known as the Provincial Tribal Council which shall be consisting of all City/Municipal Leaders of the province selected by the Regional and Provincial Leaders and its provincial offices shall be located in the capital of the said province, except otherwise changed by the Supreme Tribal Council.

 

Section 2.

The highest position in the Provincial Tribal Council shall be the Regional Leader. He shall be assisted by all City/Municipal Leader in the indigenous territory.

 

Section 3.

Provincial Office of the Provincial Tribal Council. The Provincial Tribal Council Members shall become an organic part of the said provincial office. The Provincial Tribal Council Members shall all City/Municipal Leaders and Barangay Leaders of the province by the Regional and Provincial Leaders. The Tribal Council Members must be at least twenty-one (21) years of age.

 

Section 4.

City/Municipal Tribal Council. The City/Municipal Tribal Council Members shall be all Barangay Leaders of the City/Municipality. They shall also be an organic part of the Provincial Tribal Council.

 

Section 5.

Terms of Office. The terms of office for all Tribal Council Members is co-terminus with their Crown.

 

Section 6.

Duties of the Provincial Tribal Council Members. The duties of the Provincial Tribal Council members shall be established by ordinance enacted by the Supreme Tribal Council.

 

Section 7.

Meetings of the Provincial Tribal Council.

 

(a) The Provincial Tribal Council shall hold a regular meeting once a month.

(b) The Regional Leader may call all meetings of the Provincial Tribal Council. Adequate notice of all special meetings shall be given to all members of the Provincial Tribal Council. (c) At each regular or special meeting of the Provincial Tribal Council the Provincial Tribal Secretary shall be appointed to take minutes of the meeting, and a copy of the minutes shall be preserved by the Provincial Tribal Administration.

 

Section 8.

Quorum. Majority members of the Provincial Tribal Council shall constitute a quorum for any regular or special Provincial Tribal Council meeting. A quorum is required at all meetings in order to conduct official business of the Provincial Tribal Council. Proxy voting shall be prohibited.

 

Section 9.

Voting. The Provincial Tribal Council shall make decisions by a majority vote of those present except as otherwise provided in this constitution or in an ordinance which requires more than a majority vote. The removal of a member of the tribal council shall be the exclusive power of the Regional Leader.

 

The Royal Crown are represented by three (3) Supreme Leaders (Lakanate of Luzon, Rajahnate of Visayas and Sultan of Mindanao) and shall have the highest power to make decisions for the Provincial Tribal Council, executed under a Royal Decree.

 

Section 10.

Code of Ethics. The preamble contains the Common Code of the Indigenous People in Maharlika Archipelago. Provincial Tribal Council must be the living testimony of the common code and shall have the power to adopt a Code of Ethics governing the conduct of tribal officials based on the common code. The Code of Ethics may include disciplinary procedures so long as the official in question is informed of the charges and given an opportunity to respond to those charges including the opportunity to present witnesses and other evidence in his or her defense.

 

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ARTICLE V

THE POWERS OF THE PROVINCIAL TRIBAL COUNCIL

 

The Regional and Provincial Leader or the Provincial Tribal Council shall have the following powers in accordance with established customs of the ICCs/IPs and subject to the express limitations contained in this constitution or other applicable laws. In consistent with the Republic Act No. 8371 and UNDRIP, these powers include but are not limited to the following: (a) To represent the ICCs/IPs and act in all matters that concern the welfare of the ICCs/IPs, and to make decisions not inconsistent with or contrary to this constitution;

 

(b) To negotiate and enter into contracts with the local government units, local and tribal governments, and with individuals, associations, corporations, enterprises or organizations;

 

(c) To purchase or accept any land or property for the ICCs/IPs;

 

(d) To enact laws regulating the use, disposition and inheritance of all property within the territory of the ICCs/IPs;

 

(e) To prevent or veto the sale, disposition, lease or encumbrance of tribal lands, interests in land, tribal funds or other tribal assets;

 

(f) To employ legal counsel in accordance with applicable Philippine laws;

 

(g) To enact laws regulating the domestic relations of persons within the jurisdiction of the ICCs/IPs;

 

(h) To enact a law and order code governing the conduct of persons within the jurisdiction of the ICCs/IPs in accordance with applicable laws;

 

(i) To provide for the removal or exclusion of any non-member of the ICCs/IPs whose presence maybe injurious to members of the ICCs/IPs, and to prescribe conditions upon which nonmembers may remain within the territory of the ICCs/IPs;

 

(j) To collect special assessments and fees;

 

(k) To appropriate and regulate the use of tribal funds in accordance with an annual budget approved by the Provincial Tribal Council;

 

(l) To regulate all business activities within the jurisdiction of the ICCs/IPs, and to manage all tribal economic affairs and enterprises;

 

(m) To regulate all matters and to take all actions necessary to preserve and safeguard the health, safety, welfare and political integrity of the ICCs/IPs;

 

(n) To appoint subordinate committees, commissions, boards, tribal officers and employees, and to set their compensation, tenure and duties;

 

(o) To enact laws, ordinances and resolutions necessary or incidental to the exercise of its legislative powers; (p) To take any and all actions necessary and proper for the exercise of the foregoing powers and duties, including those powers and duties not enumerated above, and for all other powers and duties now or hereafter delegated to the Provincial Tribal Council, or vested in the ICCs/IPs through its inherent sovereignty.

 

 

ARTICLE VI

THE PROVINCIAL TRIBAL COURT and JURY SYSTEM

 

Section 1. Provincial Tribal Court shall consist of the Provincial Tribal Judge, to hear, interpret and adjudicate the laws and hear all the issues in the community. The Tribal Judge shall hear the issues in the CUSTOMARY TRIBAL COURT. It has 1/3 power to decide on issues.

 

Section 2. Provincial Jury System shall consist of the Council of Elders compose of the Provincial Rajah, City/Municipal Datu and Barangay Datu whom shall act as the Provincial Jury. It has 2/3 power to decide on issues.

 

Section 3. The functions of the Provincial Tribal Judge and the Jury is to resolve issues of its members thru the Tribal Mediation Dispute Resolution Council (TMDRC). It shall never replace the existing civil courts. It shall complement the existing civil courts.

 

 

ARTICLE VIII

THE PROVINCIAL TRIBAL ADMINISTRATION

 

The Provincial Tribal Administration shall be the Executive Committee of the ICCs/IPs which shall consist of all City/Municipal Leaders and Barangay Leaders. The Provincial Tribal Administration shall oversee the administration of the ICCs/IPs business and shall supervise the day to day operations of the ICCs/IPs. The Provincial Tribal Administration shall be subordinate to the Provincial Tribal Council.

 

Section 1. Executive Committees. The Provincial Tribal Administration as appointed by the Provincial Tribal Council shall have the following Executive Committees:

 

1. Committee on Finance

2. Committee on Tribal Home Defense

3. Committee on Education

4. Committee on Foreign Affairs

5. Committee on Ancestral Domains and Lands Management

6. Committee on Health Care and Traditional Medicines

7. Committee on Housing and Farm Livelihood

8. Committee on Interior and Local Governance

9. Committee on Justice

10. Committee on Labor and Employment

11. Committee on Tribal Infrastructure

12. Committee on Science and Technology

13. Committee on Social Welfare

14. Committee on Tourism

15. Committee on Trade and Industry

16. Committee on Transportation

 

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ARTICLE IX

INDIGENOUS PEOPLE’S CONGRESS UNIFIED PANAY INC.

(IPCUPI)

 

The Indigenous People’s Congress Unified Panay Inc. shall be the legislative body of the Indigenous People to legislate laws relating to ICCs/IPs concerns.

 

 

ARTICLE X

NATIONAL PEOPLE’S INITIATIVE COUNCIL (NPIC)

 

The National People’s Initiative Council (NPIC) shall be the legislative body of the Indigenous and Non-Indigenous People to legislate laws relating to the use of the Power of Initiative and the Power of Referendum.

 

The Provincial Tribal Council and the Provincial Tribal Administration shall organize at least 14% of the voting population of the province in every Legislative District.

 

LEGAL BASIS:

 

Section 1, Article II – The Philippines is a democratic and republican state. Sovereignty resides in the people and all government authority emanates from them.

 

Section 1, Article VI – The legislative power shall be vested in the Congress of the Philippines which shall consist of a Senate and a House of Representatives, except to the extent reserved to the people by the provisions on initiative and referendum.

 

Republic Act No. 6735 of 1989 – The Initiative and Referendum Act

 

COMELEC Resolution No. 2300 as amended / COMELEC Resolution 10650 promulgated January 30, 2020.

 

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ARTICLE XI

MINISTERIAL ECCLESIASTICAL COUNCIL

OF THE INDIGENOUS PEOPLE

 

The Ministerial Ecclesiastical Council of the Indigenous People shall be the legislative body ensure the rights to religious, cultural sites and ceremonies is respected.

 

It shall also lead the celebration of the World Interfaith Harmony Week every 1st week of February of every year.

 

 

ARTICLE XII

FEDERAL MAHARLIKA – THE SUPREME TRIBAL COUNCIL AND SUPREME ADMINISTRATIVE COUNCIL

 

SECTION 1. The Federal Maharlika is ruled by the three (3) Supreme Leaders (Lakanate of of Luzon, Rajahnate of Visayas and Sultan of Mindanao) and constitutionally self-governed by the Supreme Tribal Council and Supreme Administrative Council consisting of the Regional Leaders and trusted City/Municpal Leaders of the Supreme Leader acting as the Royal Crown of the Federal Monarchial Self-Government of the Indigenous People in Maharlika Archipelago. Federal Sovereignty to the ICCs/IPs resides in the Supreme Leader while Provincial Sovereignty to the ICCs/IPs resides in the Regional Leader and all administrative authority emanates from them. The Supreme, Regional, Provincial, City, Municipal and Barangay Leaders shall at all times uphold federalism, national unity, and territorial integrity.

 

Therefore, Federal Maharlika shall be ruled and reigned by:

 

1. Three (3) Supreme Leaders of Luzon, Visayas and Mindanao,

 

And supported by the following leaders:

 

1. Eighteen (18) Regional Leaders

2. Eighty Five (85) Provincial Leaders

3. One Hundred Forty Two (142) City Leaders

4. One Thousand Four Hundred Eighty Eight (1,488) Municipal Leaders

5. Forty Two Thousand Thirty Six (42,036) Barangay Leaders

 

Executive Committees. The Supreme Tribal Administration as appointed by the Supreme Tribal Council shall have the following Executive Departments:

1.     Department of Finance

2.     Department of Tribal Home Defense

3.     Department of Education

4.     Department of Foreign Affairs

5.     Department of Ancestral Domains and Lands Management

6.     Department of Health Care and Traditional Medicines

7.     Department of Housing and Farm Livelihood       

8.   Department of Interior and Local Governance

9.     Department of Justice

10.   Department of Labor and Employment

11.   Department of Tribal Infrastructure

12.   Department of Science and Technology

13.   Department of Social Welfare

14.   Department of Tourism

15.   Department of Trade and Industry

16.   Department of Transportation

 

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ARTICLE XIII

THE SUPREME TRIBAL COURT SYSTEM

 

REGIONAL TRIBAL COURT – There shall be a Regional Tribal Court shall act as appellate court in every region. There shall be one (1) Regional Justice in every region. There shall be eighteen (18) Regional Tribal Courts in the entire Federal Maharlika.

 

SUPREME TRIBAL COURT - There shall be ONE (1) Supreme Tribal Court to act as court of last resort for the entire Federal Maharlika. There shall be one (1) Tribal Chief Justice with Eighteen (18) Tribal Regional Justices in the Supreme Tribal Court.

 

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ARTICLE XIV

INSTITUTE FOR CUSTOMARY LAW AND

INTEGRATED AND QUALIFIED CUSTOMARY LAWYERS

 

The Institute for Customary Law shall be the institution to enhance knowledge, understanding and skill in line with customary law and interfacing with civil law.

 

The graduates of the Institute of Customary Law shall become members of the Integrated and Qualified Customary Lawyers.

 

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ARTICLE XV

INDIGENOUS PEOPLE RIGHTS

 

The Federal Maharlika do hereby adopt the United Nations Declaration of Rights of the Indigenous People (UNDRIP) and all international laws relating to the rights of ICCs/IPs and Republic Act No. 8371 otherwise known as the Indigenous People Rights Act (IPRA) Law as constitutionally mandated in the 1987 Constitution.

 

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ARTICLE XVI

DISTRIBUTION OF POWERS OF FEDERAL MAHARLIKA and PROVINCIAL MAHARLIKA

 

The SUPREME LEADERS shall recommend to the National   Commission for the Indigenous People (NCIP) candidates for Chairman and Commissioners for every region.

 

The Supreme Leaders pursuant to Section 16 of the IPRA Law the ICCs/IPs is given mandatory representation in policy making bodies and in other policy making bodies and other legislative councils. Therefore, it is the power of the Supreme Leaders to head the ICCs/IPs Assembly in the national level, while the Regional Leaders to head the ICCs/IPs Assembly in the regional level, while the Provincial/City Leaders to head the ICCs/IPs Assembly in the provincial/city level, while Municipal/Barangay Leaders to head the ICCs/IPs Assembly in the municipal/barangay level.

 

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ARTICLE XVII

FISCAL POWERS AND FINANCIAL ADMINISTRATION

 

The Federal Maharlika shall have the power to enter into business thru national cooperative unity. The profit sharing of income shall be 70% retained to the Provincial Maharlika while 30% shall be shared to the Federal Maharlika.

 

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ARTICLE XVIII

TRIBAL COMMISSION ON AUDIT

 

The Tribal Commission on Audit shall have the power to conduct audit on all approved financial income and expenditures of the Federal Maharlika and Provincial Maharlika.

 

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ARTICLE XIX

ECONOMIC REDEMPTION AND DEVELOPMENT

 

Federal Maharlika shall establish its own:

1. Federal Maharlika Mandatory Asset and Wealth Recovery

2. Federal Maharlika Banking and Finance

3. Federal Maharlika Sovereign Wealth Fund

4. Federal Maharlika Construction and Hardware

5. Federal Maharlika Real Estate Development

6. Federal Maharlika Renewable Energy

7. Federal Maharlika Hospital and Health Care

8. Federal Maharlika Resort, Hotel and Restaurant

9. Federal Maharlika Life and Non-Life Insurance

10. Federal Maharlika Transport

11. Federal Maharlika Petroleum and Gas Stations

12. Federal Maharlika Oil, Dueterium Exploration, Extraction and Trading

13. Federal Maharlika Mining and Other Natural Resources Exploration, Extraction and Trading

14. Federal Maharlika College and University

15. Federal Maharlika TESDA Training Centers

16. Federal Maharlika Agriculture, Fisheries, Livestock and Food Manufacturing

17. Federal Maharlika Producers and Retailers Network

18. Federal Maharlika Research and Development

 

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ARTICLE XX

SOCIAL JUSTICE

 

SECTION 1. (a) The Maharlika Economic System seeks an equitable distribution of opportunities, income, and wealth through sound and efficient use of human and natural resources. It is directed at a sustainable increase in the amount of goods and services produced by the Federation for the benefit of all sectors of society, especially the underprivileged.

 

1. INDIGENOUS PEOPLE LABOR AND EMPLOYMENT

2. ANCESTRAL DOMAIN DEVELOPMENT AND BANGSAMORO DEVELOPMENT

3. ANCESTRAL URBAN AND RURAL LAND REFORM AND HOUSING

4. INDIGENOUS PEOPLE HEALTH

5. INDIGENOUS PEOPLE WOMEN

6. INDIGENOUS PEOPLE’S ORGANIZATION

7. INDIGENOUS GENDER EQUALITY

 

 

ARTICLE XXI

INDIGENOUS PEOPLE EDUCATION, SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY,

ARTS, CULTURE AND SPORTS

 

1. INDIGENOUS PEOPLE EDUCATION

2. INDIGENOUS PEOPLE LANGUAGE

3. INDIGENOUS SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

4. INDIGENOUS ARTS AND CULTURE

5. INDIGENOUS SPORTS

 

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ARTICLE XXII

THE INDIGENOUS PEOPLE FAMILY AND CULTURE

 

Rights of the indigenous people family:

1. 1. Right of spouses to found a family in accordance with their religious convictions and demands of responsible parenthood;

2. 2. Right of the children to quality education, care and nutrition;

3. 3. Right of the family to family living wage and income;

4. 4. Right of the family to participate in planning and implementation of policies and programs that affect them.

 

Indigenous Family Culture:

1. 1. The male and female person shall choose a partner or spouse with dignity and respect to each other in accordance with the godly indigenous people family culture.

2. 2. The male spouse must provide to the needs of the female spouse, and to take care for her health and to her beautifying factor. The female spouse must also maintain her health and beauty exclusively in favor of his male spouse.

3. 3. Both spouses shall maintain their intimacy with each other and maintain their intimacy with God. The relationship must be based on a symbiotic relationship.

 

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ARTICLE XXIII

TRIBAL HOMELAND SECURITY TASKFORCE

(PEACEKEEPING TASKFORCE INC.)

 

Tribal Homeland Security Taskforce shall be headed by the Chief of the Taskforce. The members of the taskforce shall serve in the territories where he is assigned. The Chief of the Taskforce shall give the members of the taskforce his assignment.

 

The Tribal Homeland Security Taskforce shall be composed of Indigenous People taskforces which shall undergo training and serve to protect the ancestral domain and the indigenous cultural communities as peacekeeping taskforce.

 

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ARTICLE XXIV

GENERAL PROVISIONS

 

The Flag of FEDERAL MAHARLIKA shall have eighteen stars representing the eighteen (18) regions. The color of the Federal Maharlika Flag shall be green, which is the color of hope, growth and development. The Federal Maharlika shall have its own federal ethnic anthem. Its lyrics shall come from the Maharlika Common Code and to be decided by the Supreme Tribal Council.

 

Every PROVINCIAL MAHARLIKA shall have its own flag. The Provincial Tribal Council shall decide on the design of its own tribal flag.

 

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ARTICLE XXV

AMENDMENTS OR REVISIONS

 

Any amendment to or revision of this Constitution may be proposed by all Supreme Leaders or majority of the Regional Leaders approved by the majority of the Royal Indigenous People Leaders.

 

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ARTICLE XXVI

SPECIAL CLAUSE

     

There shall be a special title for the SUPREME LEADER OF VISAYAS, it shall be known as SRI MAHARAJAH PAPA ROMEO A. MELECIO.

 

There shall also be a special title for the SUPREME LEADER OF MINDANAO, it shall be known as PARAMOUNT SULTAN ALI AMPASO UMPA, Paramount Sultan for Mindanao, Sulu and Palawan.

 

There shall also be a special title for the SUPREME LEADER OF LUZON, it shall be known as DATU LIGDONG BARUGANAN.

 

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ARTICLE XXVII

TRANSITION COMMISSION

 

There shall be a Transition Commission to lead the formation and organization of the Federal Monarchial Self-Government of the Indigenous People in the Philippines (FEDERAL MAHARLIKA).

 

It shall headed by the three (3) Supreme Leaders of Luzon, Visayas and Mindanao assisted by the Regional Leaders present and voting to assist in the organization and completion of the eighteen (18) regional leaders.

 

Regional Leaders who shall assist the Supreme Leaders are, Sri Rajah Tupas Humabon and Noel Raganas for Visayas, Rajah Sulayman Lakan Tagkan II, Datu Katarungan & Antonio Santillan for Luzon, and Sultan Usman T. Sarangani for Mindanao.

 

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ARTICLE XXVIII

ADOPTION OF CONSTITUTION

 

This constitution was adopted by the majority vote of all the Royal Indigenous People Leaders represented by representatives from Luzon, Visayas and Mindanao present in the Indigenous People Convention on Saturday, August 13, 2022 at the Municipality of Buenavista, Province of Bohol.

 

SUPREME LEADERS:

 

 

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SRI MAHARAJAH MAKAPUKAW

(PAPA ROMEO A. MELECIO)

FOR VISAYAS

 

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PARAMOUNT SULTAN ALI AMPASO UMPA

FOR MINDANAO, SULU AND PALAWAN

 

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DATU LIGDONG BARUGANAN

FOR LUZON

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