Wednesday, February 4, 2009

The Hacienda Filipina and its sovereignty


PJTREMEDAL
Associate Editor

Iligan City- The Hacienda Filipina and its sovereignty together the Gospel Ministry of the Holy Spirit for Salvation together with the United Humanitarian Organization, (Phils.), Incorporated based here is an non-government organization trying to intervene in the resolution for peace in Mindanao.

Her Majesty Queen Regent Salvacion Legaspi y Espiritu Santo, who leds the organization said that she is soliciting the peoples consent to be together in solving the crisis in Mindanao.

“it is for me to help and mediate and intervene, in order to support a peaceful means of exercising the rights of the ancestral lands earmarked for the Muslims thru the Sultans of Mindanao. We have to reach first the bottom and root of the problem before we can start solving the issues on claim on the Ancestral Lands,” she said.

She further explained her intention and be it a fact that there are reasons and figures why she intervene, in her letter to all the nations of the world, below are the facts in intervening the peace process which, both the government of the Philippines and the MILF should ponder upon; “The original Certificate Title No. 01-4, by the Royal Crown of England Land Form 01-1764, which was entered pursuant to the decree of 01-4 in accordance with the order of the Royal Audiencia de Manila, dated January 17, 1764.

The Royal Government of England who heard in the accordance with the provisions of the Land Laws known as the Torrens system, that Lacan Acuna (of the Tagean clan) married Princess Rowena Ma. Elizabeth Overbeck Macleod of Austria, for owning certain lands known as Hacienda Filipina consisting of 7,169 islands.

In the Treaty of Paris, originated by the Original Certificate Title 01-4, that was mediated by and between the Five Signatory of that Treaty namely: the US France, Mexico, Spain and Great Britain, witnessed by Malaysia, Indonesia and the Philippines.” It may be recalled that, after the MOA-AD-BJE controversies, Mindanao again is in the verge of another war.

Last August lawless elements from the command Commander Bravo of the MILF attack and killed innocent civilians and damage millions of properties in Kolambugan and Kauswagan town in Lanao del Norte. “No one wins on war except distraction and cost of lives; now is the time to resolve and conclude critical issues in mainland of Mindanao’ in time immemorial, Ancestral Lands of both the Indigenous Peoples, the Bangsamoro People claim for self-determination, and the Local Settlers (Christians) plight for their Rights to abode and right to life, property and dignity should be respected and be acknowledge to stop this conflict and attain peace in Mindanao,”

Her Majesty concluded. With its sovereignty and the heart to help the innocent, HRM Legaspi told this reporter that as god’s messengers it is her responsibility to help resolve peace in Mindanao.