Referendum or popular consultation
Cordillera autonomy plebiscite, 1990
Only one province voted for autonomy, and the Supreme Court barred a single-province autonomous region.
What happened
In the 1990 plebiscite, only Ifugao voted for autonomy; the Supreme Court ruled a single-province autonomous region impermissible.[1]
Sources for this page
Each number marks a specific claim. Notes give the source, its locator and how it relates to the claim.
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Claim: In the 1990 Cordillera autonomy plebiscite, only Ifugao province voted in favour of autonomy among the Cordillera provinces; the Philippine Supreme Court subsequently ruled that an autonomous region could not be created from a single province, and the autonomous region was not established.
- 1990 Cordillera autonomy plebiscite (Wikipedia) link, Result and Supreme Court ruling. Source record