Cultural Protections – 2005

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Cultural Protections – 2005

2005

Intermediate Implementation Intermediate implementation

Ten years after the signing of the peace accord, the GRP reports to the Organization of the Islamic Conference (OIC) that it has implemented the Sharia provisions and reports that there are five Sharia district courts and 30 Sharia circuit courts within the ARMM. Given the baseline frequency of Sharia courts established in 1996, it appears that no changes to the status quo have taken place over ten years.1

The institutional requirements for establishing Sharia courts and Islamic Schools, namely, the establishment of the ARMM Regional Assembly, was finally put in place in 2005. On 8 August 2005, gubernatorial and representative elections are held for the ARMM Regional Assembly. According to the Republic of the Philippines (GRP), Commission on Elections there were 24 new members elected to the Regional Legislative Assembly from the five provinces and one city which make up the ARMM.2

  1. Ibid.
  2. “ARMM Elections,” Republic of the Philippines Commission on Elections, 2005, accessed July 31, 2012, http://www.comelec.gov.ph/?r=Archives/RegularElections/2005ARMM/Results&…