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    Rep. Teddy Brawner Baguilat has called for a congressional probe of the National Commission on Indigenous People's (NCIP) handling of indigenous communities' issues. He has also filed a bill to create a joint congressional oversight committee to monitor the implementation of the Indigenous People's Rights Act. Baguilat wants NCIP officials to answer charges that they have failed to protect indigenous peoples and have allowed private interests to exploit their lands and resources. He says after over a decade, the law has not improved indigenous welfare due to NCIP's ineptness. The proposed oversight committee would review NCIP decisions and implement policy changes to better uphold indigenous rights.

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    Rep. Teddy Brawner Baguilat has called for a congressional probe of the National Commission on Indigenous People's (NCIP) handling of indigenous communities' issues. He has also filed a bill to create a joint congressional oversight committee to monitor the implementation of the Indigenous People's Rights Act. Baguilat wants NCIP officials to answer charges that they have failed to protect indigenous peoples and have allowed private interests to exploit their lands and resources. He says after over a decade, the law has not improved indigenous welfare due to NCIP's ineptness. The proposed oversight committee would review NCIP decisions and implement policy changes to better uphold indigenous rights.

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    NR #2420B, 05.30.2011, Indigenous, Oversight

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    Rep. Teddy Brawner Baguilat has called for a congressional probe of the National Commission on Indigenous People's (NCIP) handling of indigenous communities' issues. He has also filed a bill to create a joint congressional oversight committee to monitor the implementation of the Indigenous People's Rights Act. Baguilat wants NCIP officials to answer charges that they have failed to protect indigenous peoples and have allowed private interests to exploit their lands and resources. He says after over a decade, the law has not improved indigenous welfare due to NCIP's ineptness. The proposed oversight committee would review NCIP decisions and implement policy changes to better uphold indigenous rights.

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    MAY 30, 2011

    NR # 2420B

    Solon wants creation of congressional oversight panel for indigenous people

    A ranking House leader has called for a congressional probe on the role of the National
    Commission on Indigenous People’s (NCIP) in addressing the plight of the indigenous communities in
    the country.

    Rep. Teddy Brawner Baguilat (Lone District, Ifugao), Chairman of the House Committee on
    National Cultural Communities, also filed House Bill 4563 creating a joint congressional oversight
    committee that will monitor the implementation of Indigenous People’s Rights Act (IPRA) or Republic
    Act 8371.

    Baguilat said the officials of the NCIP will be invited during the congressional probe to answer
    the charges hurled against them by concerned sectors.

    “They have to answer the charges because they have been accused of collusion with individuals
    and other parties in taking advantage of the lack of knowledge and benign nature of the indigenous
    peoples, the people whom they are supposed to protect,” Baguilat said.

    Baguilat said the oversight committee on indigenous peoples will have the power to implement
    policy changes, review the decisions of the NCIP and recommend disciplinary actions against erring
    officials.

    “After more than a decade since the law’s passage, the IPRA, considered to be one of the best in
    the world for recognizing and protecting the basic rights and culture of indigenous communities has not
    achieved its potential to alleviate the welfare of the people,” Baguilat said.

    “What promised to be a shining beacon of hope for its beneficiaries has been dimmed by the
    passage of time and the ineptness of those who have been tasked to oversee the implementation of
    IPRA,” Baguilat added.

    Baguilat said the vast tracks of ancestral domain are now in the hands of the private sector and
    their original owners uprooted from the lands they possessed since time immemorial.

    “The scarce natural resources located in lands owned by indigenous peoples by virtue of birth
    right and law are being exploited by private individuals and companies,” Baguilat said.

    Under RA 8371, the State shall protect the rights of indigenous peoples to their ancestral domains
    to ensure their economic, social and cultural well being and recognize the applicability of customary laws
    governing property rights or relations in determining the ownership and extent of ancestral domain.

    The law mandates NCIP to protect and promote the interest and well-being of the ICCs/IPs with
    due regard to their beliefs, customs, traditions and institutions.

    Under bill, the Joint Congressional Oversight Committee shall be composed of five senators and
    five Members of the House of Representatives with the Chairperson of the Senate Committee on Cultural
    Communities and Chairperson of the House Committee on National Cultural Communities as ex-officio
    members of the oversight committee. (30) aam

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