Panukalang Batas na Titiyak sa Malaking Kita sa Katutubong Lupa Isinulong

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Panukalang Batas na Titiyak sa Malaking Kita sa Katutubong Lupa Isinulong

Ni: Nino Aclan

 

MAKATITIYAK ang mga indigenous peoples (IPs) na mas malaki ang kikitain galing sa kanilang lupa, kung magiging batas ang panukalang ihinain ni Sen. Robinhood “Robin” C. Padilla nitong Martes.

Ihinain ni Padilla, na tagapangulo ng Senate Committee on Cultural Communities and Muslim Affairs, ang Senate Bill 2869, na aamyenda sa 27-anyos na Indigenous People’s Rights Act of 1997 (IRPA).

“The right of Indigenous communities to access natural resources and the revenues derived therefrom is fundamental and must be recognized and respected,” ani Padilla sa kanyang panukalang batas, na may mekanismo para sa pagtaas ng kita ng mga IP.

Dagdag ni Padilla, layon ng panukalang batas na makabuo ng “clear and enforceable entitlements for our Indigenous brothers and sisters” para tugunan ang posibleng pag-abuso ng natural resources sa teritoryo ng IPs and Indigenous Cultural Communities (ICCs).

Sa ilalim ng panukalang batas, magkakaroon ng hindi bababa sa limang porsyento ang IPs and ICCs sa net revenues mula sa pagtuklas at paggamit ng natural resources, kasama ang natural gas projects, na nakita sa teritoryong may “native, traditional or customary title in their favor.”

Sa kasalukuyan, nakakakuha ang IPs ng isang porsyento lamang ng kita.

Noong bumisita si Padilla sa mga IP communities noong Oktubre, nangako siyang palakasin ang karapatan ng mga IP sa kikitain sa natural resources sa kanilang teritoryo.

“Kailangan po natin mabago, madagdagan ang batas at maiilagay po doon, na kung ano kinikita ng inyong lupa,” aniya sa pagbisita niya sa mga Mangyan sa Mindoro noong Oktubre.

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