Год выпуска: 2011 Автор: Ibrahim Omar Издательство: LAP Lambert Academic Publishing Страниц: 224 ISBN: 9783844399400
Описание
Bangsamoro Question: Autonomy, Federalism orIndependence?"History is the sum total of the things that couldhave been avoided," said Konrad Adenauer.The past Bangsamoro and Philippine history revealedthat the Spanish, American and Japanese invadersregarded colonization as a solution to subjugate theMoros and to acquire the Bangsamoro homeland ofMindanao, Sulu and Palawan (MINSUPALA) Consequently,similar strategy was applied by theAmerican-installed Philippine Commonwealth governmentin 1935. Without slightest care for moral uprightnessand democratic norm, the Commonwealth regime designedto legitimize the 'colonization' and occupation ofMINSUPALA by a law enacted in the Philippine NationalAssembly. This was Legislative Act No. 4197 ofFebruary 12, 1935 otherwise known as theQuirino-Recto Colonization Act. Thus, following the'colonization' and occupation of Moroland by thePhilippine Commonwealth regime and, eventually, thearbitrary incorporation into the Philippine Republicon July 4, 1946,...