Pagpati'ut - Centre for Humanitarian Dialogue
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Mediating Violence In Sulu<br />
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<strong>for</strong>mation. 15<br />
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versus rebel groups<br />
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national scrutiny as it operates below the radar of the peace talks.<br />
Based on interviews and focus-group discussions (FGD), control over land<br />
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Peaceful<br />
Bunot Masjid Pujungan Sionogan <br />
Land <br />
Political Position <br />
Employment/business<br />
Abuse of Power<br />
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wellspring – a family feud over control of land that has been carried over<br />
through generations, and have been complicated by the wide proliferation<br />
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Political contestation seems to be the natural consequence of land dispute<br />
since it carries with it a crucial ingredient - access to the IRA (internal<br />
revenue allocation).<br />
The IRA is the share of local government units in the national income.<br />
Using the principle of subsidiarity, the national income is divided among<br />
the different provinces and cities, municipalities, and Barangays. The local<br />
chief executives (LCE) – the Governors, Mayors, and Barangay Captains<br />
of the respective areas - are the administrators of the IRA funds. In other<br />
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an added leverage over his/ her opponents.<br />
“The Barangay Captain position becomes hotly contested due to<br />
its control of the IRA (internal revenue allocation) as well as other<br />
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15 The power and authority of traditional leaders, however, have considerably waned, in the face<br />
of ‘competing authority lines,’ i.e. political authorities (Barangay officials), and authority-based<br />
on <strong>for</strong>ce (armed groups)
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