Kalinga signature drive on for Cordillera autonomy

In celebration of Indigenous Peoples Month 

TABUK CITY, Kalinga -- The Kalinga State University through its College of Public Administration and Indigenous Governance recently launched a signature campaign to push immediate passage of a pending bill in Congress to establish the Cordillera Autonomous Region (CAR).

    The signature drive is part of the activities lined up by the provincial government in celebration of Indigenous Peoples month themed "Cordillera Lumin-away."

    The signature drive was in response to call of Rep. Allen Jesse Mangaoang for barangay, municipal, city, and provincial officials and private sector to head campaign to gather signatures of Cordillerans in support to autonomy.

    The signatures will be presented to President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. to convince him to certify the pending autonomy bill as urgent.

    Mangaoang said the signature campaign should be done during the activities lined up in celebration of Indigenous Peoples Month.

    The Kalinga solon said the signatures would also show Cordillerans are united to form an autonomous regional government.

Cordillera congressmen earlier filed House Bill 3267 to establish a Cordillera Autonomous Region.