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Sample BPOC Resolution
Sample BPOC Resolution
WHEREAS, Republic Act No. 8371 otherwise known as Indigenous Peoples Rights Act of
1997 (IPRA) provides that the State recognizes its obligations to respond to the strong expression of
the Indigenous Cultural Communities/Indigenous Peoples (ICCs/IPs) for cultural integrity in
education, health, as well as other services;
WHEREAS, ICCs/IPs are marginalized and vulnerable to exploitation and recruitment by the
Communist Terrorist Groups and Ancestral Domain are conducive for the establishment of NPA
Guerilla Bases and Zones;
1. Condemning the Continued Killings of Indigenous Peoples (IPs) by the Communist Party
of the Philippines – New People’s Army – National Democratic Front (CPP-NPA-NDF);
2. Condemning the Radicalization, Recruitment, and Exploitation of Indigenous Peoples
(IPs) by the Communist Party of the Philippines – New People’s Army – National
Democratic Front (CPP-NPA-NDF);
3. Condemning the Acts of the Communist Party of the Philippines – New People’s Army –
National Democratic Front (CPP-NPA-NDF) in Creating their “IP Peoples Organizations”
Misrepresenting the True Interests and Situations of the Indigenous Cultural
Communities/Indigenous Peoples (ICCs/IPs);
4. Urging for a Concerted Effort for the Freedom of BAE Bibyaon Bigkay Ligkayan and
condemning her Exploitation by the Communist Party of the Philippines – New People’s
Army – National Democratic Front (CPP-NPA-NDF).
APPROVED by all the members present this 31st day of January 2022.
MONA G. DOMINGO
BPOC Secretariat/Barangay Secretary
ATTESTED:
FAUSTINO D. TOMAS
BPOC Chairperson/Punong Barangay