IPMR GUIDELINES Revised As of As Received From The Office of The Chair With Minor Styling 2-13-2019
IPMR GUIDELINES Revised As of As Received From The Office of The Chair With Minor Styling 2-13-2019
IPMR GUIDELINES Revised As of As Received From The Office of The Chair With Minor Styling 2-13-2019
Pursuant to the provisions of Republic Act 8371 otherwise known as the Indigenous
Peoples Rights Act of 1997, the following guidelines are promulgated in lieu of NCIP
Administrative Order No. 001, series of 2009.
To carry out these State policies, Section 16 of RA 8371 provides that the
Indigenous Cultural Communities/Indigenous Peoples (ICCs/IPs) have the
right to participate fully, if they so choose, at all levels of decision-making in
matters which may affect their rights, lives and destinies through
procedures determined by them as well as to maintain and develop their
own indigenous political structures. Consequently, the State shall ensure
that the ICCs/IPs shall be given mandatory representation in other local
legislative councils and policy-making bodies.
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present except when interrupted by war, force majeure or displacement
by force, deceit, stealth or as a consequence of government projects or
any other voluntary dealings entered into by government and private
individuals/corporations, and which are necessary to ensure their
economic, social and cultural welfare. It shall include ancestral lands,
forests, pasture, residential, agricultural, and other lands individually
owned whether alienable and disposable or otherwise, hunting grounds,
burial grounds, worship areas, bodies of water, mineral and other
natural resources, and lands which may no longer exclusively occupied
by ICCs/IPs but from which they traditionally had access to for their
subsistence and traditional activities, particularly the home ranges of
ICCs/IPs who are still nomadic and/or shifting cultivators, subject to
Section 56 of the IPRA.
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e. Indigenous Cultural Communities/Indigenous Peoples (ICCs/IPs) – refer
to a group of people or homogenous societies identified by self-
ascription and ascription by others, who have continuously lived as
organized community on communally bounded and defined territory,
and who have, under claims of ownership since time immemorial,
occupied, possessed and utilized such territories, sharing common
bonds of language, customs, traditions and other distinctive cultural
traits or who have through resistance to political, social and cultural
inroads of colonization, non-indigenous religions and cultures, became
historically differentiated from the majority of Filipinos. ICCs/IPs shall
likewise include peoples who are regarded as indigenous on account of
their descent from the populations which inhabited the country, at the
time of conquest or colonization, or at the time of inroads of non-
indigenous religions and cultures, or the establishment of present state
boundaries who retain some or all of their own social, economic,
cultural and political institutions, but who may have been displaced
from their tradition.
h. Resettled ICCs/IPs – ICCs/IPs who are not native to the ancestral domain
or not part owner of an ancestral land but were either forcibly or have
voluntarily resettled, opted to occupy and utilize portions of the
ancestral domains/lands and have since established residence therein.
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a. Recognize and promote the rights of ICCs/IPs within the framework of
national unity and development
b. Promote and protect the political, civil, economic, social and cultural
rights of ICCs/IPs through participation in the Government and in the
conduct of public affairs
c. Inclusivity and full participation. The NCIP shall ensure that all ICCs/IPs
residing within the political jurisdiction of a given Local Government Unit
(LGU) shall be informed of the importance of their active participation in
the selection process.
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e. Inter-agency collaboration. In consultation with ICCs/IPs, the NCIP in
close coordination with the Department of the Interior and Local
Governments (DILG) shall come up with appropriate measures to ensure
the full participation of ICCs/IPs in matters affecting their development.
Such measures shall also include the provision of technical assistance to
develop the ICC/IP representative’s knowledge of traditional socio-
political systems, customary laws, justice system and skills in interfacing
with non-IP governance and policy-making bodies.
c. Where the situations in paragraphs a and b above are not obtaining, the
concerned LGU may still allow representation in accordance with this
Guidelines upon the initiative of ICCs/IPs therein.
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collective interests and aspirations of the community. To accomplish the
foregoing, the IPMR shall:
f. Perform such other powers and functions as the community may deem
appropriate.
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4. A natural born Filipino citizen;
5. At least 18 years of age on the date of assumption; and,
6. Such other qualifications that the community may include in their
local guidelines.
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i. Insane or feeble-minded based on the findings of competent
authorities;
j. Losing candidate to any immediately preceding national or local
election;
k. Such other disqualifications as the community may impose in their
local guidelines.
a. Definitions of Terms;
b. Composition of IPs Council Leaders/Elders/Indigenous Political
Structure;
c. Qualifications of selectors and mode of replacing the selectors;
d. Selection process which identify representation levels, e.g.
Barangays, Municipality, City, Provinces, Regions, National,
Institutions and Public Utilities;
e. Selection in policy making bodies;
f. Re-Selection Process;
g. Qualifications;
h. Disqualifications;
i. Community Confirmation and Nomination;
j. Vacancy;
k. Disciplinary Action;
l. Grounds for Disciplinary Action;
m. Term of Office;
n. Term Rotation, if applicable;
o. Removal Processes;
p. Grievance and redress mechanism;
q. Hold-over Capacity;
r. Special Provisions, if any;
s. Amendment; and,
t. Effectivity Clause.
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Upon receipt of the verified validation report and copy of the local guidelines, the
RD, or the Provincial Officer (POer) as the case may be, shall issue the COA.
Thereafter, the chosen IPMR shall take the appropriate oath before an
authorized officer. The NCIP shall then notify the appropriate bodies of
his/her assumption to office.
SECTION 12. Term of Office. The term of office of the IPMR in the local
legislative councils shall be for a period of three (3) years and shall
commence from the time of actual assumption to office and can be
re−indorsed for another term by the ICCs/IPs constituents, but in no case
shall the representative serve for more than two (2) consecutive terms,
except in LGUs where a term rotation agreement has been reached by
several IP groups limiting the holding of office to one term for every
community.
Actual assumption to office shall be reckoned from the time when the IPMR
reports and physically conducts business at the designated office.
SECTION 14. Term Rotation. Should there be several ICCs/IPs within an LGU
jurisdiction, they may agree on a term rotation but in no case will a term be
for a period of less than three (3) years.
g. Lobby to all agencies in order that the IPMR may be extended the
same rights and privileges enjoyed by elected officials, to include Civil
Service Eligibility.
a. Selection Process
1. Convene a general assembly, with due notice to the concerned
ICCs/IPs, representatives of the DILG and concerned LGU, for the
purpose of undertaking an Information, Education,
Communication (IEC) on IPRA, this Guidelines, and holding of
selection activities;
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the local guidelines, and certificate of membership to the
community issued by the IPS.
Furnish copies within fifteen (15) days from the issuance of COA the
barangay LGU, municipal DILG and the RD.
SECTION 18. Duties of the Regional Director. It shall be the tasks of the RD
to:
a. Review the verified and comprehensive report submitted by the
PO/CSC. If in order and found meritorious, it is the duty of the RD, to
issue the COA within fifteen (15) days from receipt. Otherwise, the
same shall be returned within the same period to the recommending
NCIP Field Office with specific instructions for compliance;
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b. Furnish copies within fifteen (15) from the issuance of COA the DILG
and DBM Directors, the concerned LGU, and the NCIP Office through
the Office on Empowerment and Human Rights;
Upon initial evaluation, the RD may, at his/her option, order any NCIP
lawyer/s and employees from the Regional or other POs who in any
way did not, directly or indirectly, take part in the process to conduct
a fact-finding investigation and submit their recommendations.
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The ethnographic Commissioners shall be furnished copy of the final
decision.
SECTION 21. Prohibited Acts and Sanctions. The following are prohibited
during the selection process:
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6. Use of falsified narration of facts in reports, attachments or any
supporting documents in the reports submitted with respect to
Selection Process; and
c. By the Selector
1. Direct or indirect solicitation and acceptance or receipt of gifts,
money or other valuables to unduly influence the outcome of the
Selection process; and
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TITLE VII. REMOVAL OR SUSPENSION FROM OFFICE AND
SUCCESSION
d. Loss of confidence;
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f. Such other grounds specifically provided and duly adopted in the
local guidelines.
The IPMR selected shall have the same powers, duties and functions as well
as entitlements and privileges accorded to the predecessor.
SECTION 29. Effectivity. This guidelines shall take effect fifteen (15) days
after its publication in the Official Gazette, or in any two (2) newspapers of
general circulation, or upon filing with the University of the Philippines Law
Center.
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APPROVED this __ day of November, 2018 at Quezon City, Philippines.
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