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Center for Philippine Studies

School of Pacific and Asian Studies, University of Hawai‘i at Manoa

/ Autonomy…
A Philippine experiment in managing “Peace and Order” in Muslim Mindanao ByAtty. Lidinila ReyesChairperson, Regional Youth Center Foundation, Inc., Region IX, Philippines and Consultant for Government, Military, Industry & the Royal Sultanate of Sulu & North Borneo

Abstract:

Peace in the Philippines will be sustained by providing all parties a stake in stability, with a sense of justice and equality. People must be given an opportunity to determine whether they wish to be independent or part of an established state through an authentic “Referendum” that ensures freedom of true expression. With this premise, the lecture will basically examine various positions that may be taken in settling the Mindanao conflict: political through plebiscite, and legal through court adjudication. The conflict should not be seen entirely as a religious issue.

About the Speaker: A lawyer, Lidinila Reyes pioneered in the organization of the Autonomous Government of Region IX in the Philippines – the forerunner of the current Autonomous Regional Government for Muslim Mindanao (ARMM). She was a researcher in the Presidential Task Force for the Reconstruction and Development of Mindanao & Sulu that drafted the Code on the Certification and Administration of Philippine Muslim Laws. She received the Armed Forces of the Philippines Merit Medal for outstanding service in a civilian capacity. Her 21-sector book report assessing the Marcos dictatorship was filmed by Mindanao Films and released under the title Lagaglab sa Lupang Pangako (Wildfire through the Promised Land). In Hawaii, she joined the Domestic Violence Clearing House and Legal Hotline as Program Coordinator of “Pilipina” aimed at helping Filipina victims of abuse. Subsequently, she joined the Civil Rights Litigation Division in Honolulu of the Attorney General’s office.
November 26, 2007, Monday

Tokioka Room (Moore Hall 319)

12:00 pm – 1:30 pm

Free and open to the public

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