{"id":218741,"date":"2019-06-14T09:11:33","date_gmt":"2019-06-14T13:11:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/?p=218741"},"modified":"2019-06-14T09:11:33","modified_gmt":"2019-06-14T13:11:33","slug":"capuyan-assumes-ip-body-chairmanship","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/2019\/06\/14\/capuyan-assumes-ip-body-chairmanship\/","title":{"rendered":"Capuyan assumes IP body chairmanship"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id='gallery-1' class='gallery galleryid-218741 gallery-columns-1 gallery-size-full'><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/2019\/06\/14\/capuyan-assumes-ip-body-chairmanship\/img0475\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"415\" height=\"260\" src=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/img0475.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-218742\" srcset=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/img0475.jpg 415w, https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/img0475-300x188.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 415px) 100vw, 415px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-218742'>\n\t\t\t\tFILE: NEW LEADERSHIP. Outgoing National Commission on Indigenous Peoples chair Leonor Oralde-Quintayo (left) personally hands over a symbolic key to retired colonel Allen Capuyan during a ceremony at the NCIP office in Quezon City on Friday (June 14, 2019). (PNA photo by Jess Escaros Jr.)\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/2019\/06\/14\/capuyan-assumes-ip-body-chairmanship\/dig-4\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"3264\" height=\"1616\" src=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/img20190614114203.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-218743\" srcset=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/img20190614114203.jpg 3264w, https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/img20190614114203-300x149.jpg 300w, https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/img20190614114203-768x380.jpg 768w, https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/img20190614114203-1024x507.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 3264px) 100vw, 3264px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-218743'>\n\t\t\t\tFILE: Datu Lipatuan Joel Unad leads the &#8220;Od Kilaa To Od Uuwon&#8221;, a Manobo ritual acknowledging a leader during the official assumption of office of Allen Capuyan (seated) as the new chairperson of the National Commission on Indigenous Peoples in Quezon City.  (Photo by Joyce Rocamora)\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n<p><strong>MANILA<\/strong>&#8212; Retired Col. Allen Capuyan on Friday officially assumed the National Commission on Indigenous Peoples (NCIP) chairmanship.<\/p>\n<p>Outgoing NCIP chair Leonor Oralde-Quintayo, who headed the 6th and 7th commission, personally handed over a symbolic key to Capuyan during a ceremony at the NCIP office in Quezon City.<\/p>\n<p>In an interview, Capuyan vowed to strengthen the NCIP from the national to the local level.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We have now a national task force so we will mainstream the concerns of the NCIP,&#8221; Capuyan said when asked about his priorities as the new NCIP chairman.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The IPs&#8217; right to ancestral domain, the right to self-governance, their justice system and human rights as well as their cultural integrity, we will mainstream that,&#8221; he added.<\/p>\n<p>Capuyan, a Manobo, will serve as the NCIP chair concurrent with his post as the executive director of the National Task Force to End Local Communist Armed Conflict (NTF ELCAC).<\/p>\n<p>Holding these positions, the official believes he could further help bring the indigenous peoples&#8217; issues to agencies concerned.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;<em>Dahil ang problema ng seguridad ay naka<\/em>-focus\u00a0<em>kadalasan sa lugar ng<\/em>\u00a0IP,\u00a0<em>ma-mi-<\/em>mainstream\u00a0<em>ngayon ang<\/em>\u00a0concern<em>\u00a0ng mga tribo<\/em>\u00a0(Because the problem in security is mostly happening in the lands of the IPs, we could easily mainstream their concerns),&#8221; he said.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Right at the very core of the national task force, we give attention to the IPs and their human rights.<em>\u00a0Sinasabi ng iba na ang kanilang karapatang pantao ay sinisira ng gobyerno,<\/em>\u00a0that is not true (They accuse the government of disregarding the rights of the IP, that is not true),&#8221; he added.<\/p>\n<p>The NTF-ELCAC was formed by virtue of Executive Order 70 on December 4, 2018 \u201cto synchronize the utilization of the government&#8217;s instrumentalities of power with the capabilities of private sector stakeholders to finally end the 50-year long deceit, lies, and atrocities committed by the communist terrorists against the people\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>Among these atrocities are the 17 listed act by the CPP-NPA against IPs, said Capuyan. &#8220;In the CPP-NPA&#8217;s 17 major atrocities, all the communist insurgents&#8217; violations against our IPs are cited there.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Capuyan also vowed to continue the initiatives started by the 6th and 7th NCIP commission led by Quintayo.<\/p>\n<p>Asked what areas that need further attention in the NCIP, Quintayo said there is still a lot to be done on the issue of delineating the IPs&#8217; ancestral domain. &#8221;<\/p>\n<p>To date, more than 86 ancestral domain titles have already been approved by the 6th and 7th commission where I headed. All-in-all, we already delineated 245 CADTs (Certificate of Ancestral Domain Title), 5.7 million hectares, but we still have more than seven million hectares left,&#8221; she said.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;That&#8217;s a big issue to peace and order, the security of tenure of the IPs,&#8221; she added.<\/p>\n<p>There are around 110 IP groups in the Philippines or about 14 million individuals.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>MANILA&#8212; Retired Col. Allen Capuyan on Friday officially assumed the National Commission on Indigenous Peoples (NCIP) chairmanship. 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