Pagpati'ut - Centre for Humanitarian Dialogue

2010 elections, incidents have already escalated to violent armed clashes
between the family of the incumbent Barangay Captain and the challenger.
municipality and the Philippine National Police (PNP), eventually pushed
the incumbent Barangay Captain to leave the community and move to
Jolo, with all his allies and supporters. However, since the Barangay
access the Internal Revenue Allotment (IRA) 5 . His transfer to Jolo therefore
created an additional layer of complication before IRA funds can reach the
barangay.
R E S E A R C H L O C A L E
Note that the entire community is polarized between the two parties such
that all those who opted to remain in the Barangay are considered allies
of the opposition group. With the incumbent gone, the opposition group
is now handling governance in the Barangay, with their leader de facto
appropriating the Barangay Captain position, sans the IRA.
both parties, the possibility of escalation is very high. The Tumikang
Sama-Sama (TSS)
through a power sharing agreement.
To this day the active
and has created deep-division in the community.
Barangay Sionogan is situated far from the town proper of Indanan. It is
rich in both land and aquatic resources on which the people depend (50%
5 Based on Book 2, Title III, Chapter 1, Sections 284 – 286 of the Local Government Code,
local government units (LGUs) like the barangay shall have a share in the national internal
revenue taxes. The shares of LGUs are to be automatically released, without need of any
further action, directly to the LGU treasurer.
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