Inter-ethnic/State Relations: Mindanao Final Agreement
Implementations
Inter-ethnic/State Relations – 1996
President Fidel Ramos gave Executive Order no. 371 creating the Southern Philippines Council for Peace and Development (SPCPD) to help integrate the Moro people into the Filipino nation. The SPCPD was an unelected administrative body under control of the president. It had five members on a main council and an 81-member Consultative Assembly.1
It was agreed that the five member main council would have a Muslim chairman and at least one other Muslim member and 44 of the 81 seats in the Consultative Assembly would be held by Muslims. The SPCPD was a transitional body to be dissolved after the plebiscite, which was originally scheduled for 1999.2
- “E.O. 371,” The LawPhil Project, accessed January 21, 2015, http://www.lawphil.net/executive/execord/eo1996/eo_371_1996.html
- John D. Harber, “Conflict and Compromise in the Southern Philippines: The Case of Moro Identity,” (M.A. Thesis, Naval Postgraduate School, Monterey, California 1998), 65-66.
Inter-ethnic/State Relations – 1997
The Southern Philippines Council for Peace and Development (SPCPD) continued to operate in 1997.
Inter-ethnic/State Relations – 1998
The Southern Philippines Council for Peace and Development (SPCPD) continued to operate in 1998.
Inter-ethnic/State Relations – 1999
President Joseph Estrada gives executive order no. 161 on 30 September 1999 extending the term of executive order 371, thereby extending the term of the SPCPD one year.
Inter-ethnic/State Relations – 2000
President Joseph Estrada gives executive order no. 288 on September 22, 2000 extending the term of executive order 161, thereby, extending the term of the SPCPD to May 2001.
Inter-ethnic/State Relations – 2001
ARMM president Nur Misuari makes a request to president Estrada to extend the term of the SPCPD for another 3 years and postpone the referendum on expanding the ARMM for 3 years. President Estrada denies the request and formally abolishes the SPCPD effective August 14, 2001 pursuant to Article XVIII, Section 16 of R.A. 9054. The plebiscite election is held on August 14, 2001.
Inter-ethnic/State Relations – 2002
No further developments observed.
Inter-ethnic/State Relations – 2003
No further developments observed.
Inter-ethnic/State Relations – 2004
No further developments observed.
Inter-ethnic/State Relations – 2005
No further developments observed.