For the first time, an indigenous peoples mandatory representative is joining the Baguio City Council. | Vincent Cabreza/PDI
A previous IPMR was elected in 2016 but the selection of Roger Sinot triggered disputes and lawsuits because he had been convicted in another province which would have made him ineligible to run for that office.
In 2018, a Baguio court issued a writ of a preliminary injunction that stopped Sinot from assuming office. The Kankanaey and Kalanguya families of Baguio also wanted to participate in the IPMR selection, which was originally undertaken solely by Baguio Ibaloys. Under the rules, IPMRs are elected by clans residing in an ancestral domain—Baguio’s only ancestral domain in Happy Hallow inside Camp John Hay which Ibaloys dominate.
The IPMR selection fulfills Section 16 of Republic Act No. 8371 , which recognizes the right of indigenous Filipinos to representation in all decision-making bodies in government.RELATED STORY:
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