KATARUNGANG PAMBARANGAY - LGRC DILG 10

HOW HAS THE INDIGENOUS MODE OF DISPUTE
SETTLEMENT IN THE ARMM TAKEN FORM
IT HAS TAKEN DIFFERENT FORMS DEPENDING ON THE
COMMUNITY PRACTICE OF THE INDIGENOUS JUSTICE
STRUCTURE. IN THE MUNICIPALITY OF UPI, THE LOCAL
GOVERNMENT UNIT RECOGNIZED THE EXISTENCE OF
THREE (3) DIFFERENT TRIBAL OR ETHNO-LINGUISTIC
GROUPINGS OF MUSLIMS, TEDURAYS AND THE
CHRISTIAN SETTLERS. FROM THIS TRI-PEOPLE CONCEPT
AROSE A DISTINCT
INDIGENOUS DISPUTE
SETTLEMENT GROUP AT
THE MUNICIPAL LEVEL
CALLED THE MAYOR’S
COUNCIL. ITS
MEMBERSHIP COMES FROM
A REPRESENTATIVE GROUP
OF THE RESPECTIVE TRIBE’S LEADERS OF KNOWN
LEADERSHIP AND INTEGRITY. IT WAS CREATED TO HELP
THE KATARUNGANG PAMBARANGAY SYSTEM IN DISPUTE
SETTLEMENT.
IN OTHER AREAS OF THE ARMM WHERE MOST OF
THE INHABITANTS ARE MUSLIMS, HOW DID THE
INDIGENOUS DISPUTE SETTLEMENT STRUCTURE
TAKE FORM
THE INDIGENOUS DISPUTE SETTLEMENT GROUP
FROM ONE LOCAL GOVERNMENT UNIT TO ANOTHER HAS
EVOLVED DISTINCTLY. THE MORE COMMON STRUCTURE TOOK
ITS FORM FROM THE TRADITIONAL LEADERSHIP STRUCTURE
OF SULTANANTES, DATUSHIPS, AND OTHER ISLAMIC AND PRE-
ISLAMIC INSTITUTIONS. HOWEVER, THE PRESENT-DAY
DISPUTE SETTLEMENT GROUPS HAVE BEEN INSPIRED FROM
INTERFACING THE TRADITIONAL JUSTICE STRUCTURES WITH
THE LGU-MANDATED BODIES SUCH AS THE PEACE AND ORDER
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