KATARUNGANG PAMBARANGAY - LGRC DILG 10

C H A P T E R F I V E
INDIGENOUS MODES
OF DISPUTE RESOLUTION
KAP, SOME AREAS IN MY
BARANGAY ARE PREDOMI-
NANTLY INHABITED BY
MUSLIMS OR MORO
PEOPLE, AND OTHERS BY
INDIGENOUS
PEOPLE. WILL
I APPLY
THE SAME
LAW TO
THEM
WHAT ARE THE
REQUIREMENTS
NEEDED
IN BARANGAYS, WHERE THE
MAJORITY ARE FROM INDI-
GENOUS CULTURAL COMMUN-
ITIES, THE LOCAL SYSTEMS
OF SETTLING DISPUTES
APPLY TO THEM THROUGH
THEIR COUNCILS OF TRIBAL
ELDERS OR SOME OTHER
FORM OF TRADITIONAL
MECHANISM. HOWEVER, IN
MUSLIM-DOMINATED BAR-
ANGAYS, THE LAWS OF
SHARIAH APPLIES TO THEM.
THIS IS RECOGNIZED BY THE
LOCAL GOVERNMENT CODE.
WELL, THE
PROVINCIAL
OFFICE OF THE NATIONAL STATISTICS OFFICE
(NSO) SHOULD CERTIFY THAT THE MAJORITY
OF THE INHABITANTS OF THE BARANGAY
BELONG TO THE INDIGENOUS CULTURAL
COMMUNITIES. OF COURSE, THEY SHOULD NOT FORGET
TO REGISTER THE NAMES OF THEIR RECOGNIZED DATU
OR ELDERS WITH THE OFFICE OF THE MAYOR IN THE
RESPECTIVE CITY OR MUNICIPALITY. LASTLY, THE ELDERS
OR DATUS MUST CERTIFY THE INDIGENOUS SYSTEM OF
SETTLING DISPUTES BY THEIR RESPECTIVE COUNCILS OF
DATUS, TRIBAL LEADERS OR LEADERS.