By Mortz C. Ortigoza, MPA
LINGAYEN, Pangasinan – Sanggunian (legislative
council) all over the country will be seeing their members debating,
compromising, and passing laws with a member of the Indigenous Peoples (IP) based
on the instruction of the National Commission on Indigenous Peoples (NCIP) that an IP representative will
be part of the legislature.
“Based
on the national policy nagbigay ng kautusan ang national government and the
different national agencies with regards to the implementation of the
installation of an I.P sector or sectoral representative not just sa sanggunian
panlalawigan even the sanggunian bayan when applicable. Kaya ang utos po ngayon
ng national government, of course, the sanggunian panlalawigan would follow the
guidelines,” said by Pangasinan Vice Governor Mark Ronald Lambino.