History of Cordillera self-government

Sources for this page

Each number marks a specific claim. Notes give the source, its locator and how it relates to the claim.

1. 1.

   Claim: Following the 1986 EDSA People Power Revolution, President Corazon Aquino's government initiated peace talks with the Cordillera People's Liberation Army (CPLA) and the Cordillera Bodong Administration, both led by Fr. Conrado Balweg; on 13 September 1986, the CPLA and the Philippine government signed a "sipat" (cessation of hostilities) at Mt. Data Hotel in Bauko, Mountain Province, known as the 1986 Mount Data Peace Accord.

   • Cordillera autonomy movement (Wikipedia) link, CPLA and Peace Negotiations section. Source record
2. 2.

   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
3. 3.

   Claim: In the 7 March 1998 Cordillera autonomy plebiscite, only Apayao province voted in favour of autonomy; because this again did not satisfy the multi-province threshold established by the 1990 Supreme Court ruling, the autonomous region was again not created, and the Cordillera has continued to be administered as the Cordillera Administrative Region rather than a fully autonomous region.

   • 1998 Cordillera autonomy plebiscite (Wikipedia) link, Result and outcome. Source record