On the Motion for Intervention Memorandum Agreement on Bangsamoro Juridicial Entity (MOA-Ancestral Domain)

On the Motion for Intervention Memorandum Agreement on Bangsamoro Juridicial Entity (MOA-Ancestral Domain)


Last October 14, 2008 the Supreme Court ruled that the Memorandum of Agreement on Ancestral Domain is unconstitutional.

This decision clearly underscores the fact that President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo has indeed committed an impeachable offense, the culpable violation of the Constitution.

I, therefore, support this group of ordinary Filipino citizens who filed this Motion for Intervention that calls the President to task for the willful and intentional:


1. Violation of the constitutional mandate of full public disclosure on matters affecting the public interest;


2. Violation of the territorial integrity of the Republic of the Philippines; and



3. Violation of the principle of separation of powers, including the executive’s infringement upon legislative prerogatives, duties and functions.


The President has misled the Filipino people by pushing for the
signing of the MOA on Ancestral Domain in the guise of promoting peace with our Muslim brothers. The sad truth, however, is that the President is using the agreement to shore up her plummeting popularity.

I applaud the people of the Province of North Cotabato and their leaders who took it upon themselves to stop this clear transgression of the Constitution.

I thank the intervenors who have invoked their Constitutional right to hold the President accountable for her deeds.

It is my hope that the Honorable Members of the House of Representatives admit this Complaint-in-Intervention as part of the impeachment proceeding and that both complaints be included in the House of Representative’s Order of Business and be given due course.

It is my belief that now, more than in any other time, the allegiance of our lawmakers should not be to a single party nor to a single person. Their allegiance should be to the Constitution, their sacrifice not for themselves but for the people they represent.

We should not let anyone make a mockery of the Philippine Constitution. It is sacred. More importantly, the Filipino people deserve a President who will uphold their rights and a government that will defend them.

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