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