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This is just a short post as I would also like to share of you on some information regarding spirituality being discussed in a Biblical manner.

http://esoriano.wordpress.com/2011/07/27/salvation-outside-the-true-church-2/

Hopefully it would be of interest to you as the links title conveys a message about salvation outside the true church written in the Bible. Hope you'll like it

Tagalog-Bisayan tribalism and the proposal for independent Republics by Visayas and Mindanao Islands Part 2

Now to resume to our discussion, I will note some of the implications along with the factors and issues that would come up if the proposal of an independent republic in the South of our country as well as the question of what will happen if such ever a proposal will materialize and eventually will secede from the Republic? Putting it into order is that the proposal in its process will meet serious criticisms especially from the north as such an event never happen in our nation's history yet there will be also opponents at the very parts of Visayas and Mindanao. Issues that would cover would be what form of government would the new nation adapt? Are the people of the islands (Visayas and Mindanao ready? or better yet ask do the people of these areas want to secede from the central government in Manila and establish a nation independent from it? These are just some of the questions that we have to deal with and in reality I can only speculate and cannot really determine the exact answers to such questions. The proponents proposed for a federal government that is similar to what the form of government the United States has. Other groups propose the parliamentary form and others propose a mixture of both.

Now concerning about the question about the people or at least to say a majority of the populations of both islands ready for such and do they even agree with it. Some said that the proposal is absurd and just a tactic of some unscrupulous government leaders in those areas to simply threaten the central government to show their influence and some even thought of the proposal as a ploy created by the central government itself to divert from certain issues. This was stated here:

http://findarticles.com/p/news-articles/manila-bulletin/mi_7968/is_2005_July_9/mindanao-republic-plan-endorsed-criticized/ai_n34052357/

Nevertheless it is just an opinion of certain groups. What matters is that do the people of Visayas and Mindanao desire such to secede from the Luzon? I can only suggest that a census if possible can be done in the islands if the majority of the population actually desires to secede as I believer it is not just the say of certain groups or just a single person to make such a decision but we must educate the population about such a proposal and then ask about what do they think of it and this can be done by a population survey or better yet through the representatives of respective parts of the islands if they are for secession or not.

Factors would include the cultural outlook of those residing in the Visayas and Mindanao which can be asked in this question, do they consider themselves Filipinos or Bisaya? or whatever they consider as their ethnicity. This must also be considered. Also do we have the leaders to take charge to such proposals and materialize such proposals? I asked such a questions as leaders are necessary to formulate and process the proposal such as the Constitution of the proposed republic, Its national boundaries and others such as what would be the civil and military institutions that the new republic will have.

The proposal will also have implications if it ever comes to consideration and much more when the actual separation and the establishment of the republic ever occur. I can speculate some of the possibilities and probabilities that might happen. One would be the instability of the Philippine government as the proposal of such will create a political rift in a way that the central government in Manila(otherwise called Imperial Manila) will find the means of killing the proposal as the Luzon Island is heavily dependent on Visayas and Mindanao on some of the economic resources and if a proposal would ever be realized, they will lose these resources will have substantial effects to Luzon's sustainability. Also the central government also is dependent on the manpower of the south and the south's geographical advantage. like in the Visayas it has more potential strategic ports to offer than Luzon along with Mindanao's slightly larger area that is potential for urban development. There is also the FACT that Mindanao has a larger agricultural land to provide foodstuffs and agricultural produce than Luzon and this would hit hard the inhabitants of Luzon as the food supplies that was once is bought under a domestic manner, would be imported instead which will likely make it more expensive to buy than if it was domestic. A possibility of war can even occur in the scenario as the north will possibly not just stand idle to let the separation just happen. An example would be the Sudanese civil war that eventually led to the formation currently the world's youngest nation which is South Sudan.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Second_Sudanese_Civil_War

To wrap up my post, I would hope for you to read this link to at least get more perspectives concerning the proposed Mindanao Republic.

http://kalilintad.tripod.com/referendum.htm

comments are most welcome and if you can share also other relevant sources concerning the topic or any discussion concerning it, please do comment and post your links. I would welcome anyone who will discuss things relevant to the topic.

Tagalog-Bisayan tribalism and the proposal for independent Republics by Visayas and Mindanao Islands Part 1

My country is under a serious crisis in these times. Much has happened of its rich history from being a colony of three foreign masters arranged in order which were the Spanish, the Americans and the Japanese. and by the year 1946, we become a republic well in reality we were once a republic when a certain general named Emilio Aguinaldo, declared the independence of my country in1898 yet it was sold to the United States by our first colonizer, in reality we would have put up a better fight as a nation against the American aggressor yet the surrender of the republic's first and last president allowed the quick disintegration of the first republic. Why do I talk about such? It is due to the reason that the focus of leadership of that republic is in the north that comprises the island of Luzon. Even since the Spanish times the focus of power was focus on the island and thus the term Imperial Manila came to being (as our country's capital is Manila). Then on to both the American colonial era and in the brief Japanese occupation of the country, power was always focus on Manila. From then on and until now, much of the political power was focus on Manila and it has a detrimental effect on the other parts of the country and specifically the areas of concern is the Visayan Islands and the Mindanao Island. The bias of power also created a cultural impact on the nation some examples would be the Tagalog and other ethnic groups of Luzon looks down on the Visayans as inferior beforehand and much more as the focus of governance is on Luzon. This in effect created one of the major cultural problem that continues to greatly affect the country which is ethnocentrism which is a sort of tribalism that plagues our nations progress why do I say this?

I'll give you an example, in an election especially the national elections. Ethnic groups like the Ilocanos prefer to vote on candidates that is of the same ethnic group without considering other factors on voting their candidates like track record, platforms and ideas that the candidate has. Such has continually created a biased and a status quo that is happening today and in which is a contributing factor to the "trapo politicians" that also plagued my country's political system. Again, as I have stated that the power is focused on the Luzon Islands,the tendency is that there is a bias those in power to put welfare and development in Luzon more than the other islands. Not only those are evident in the political arena but also in other fields like the media, the businesses and others. The Visayan Islands and parts of Mindanao is home to the biggest ethnic group of my country which is the Bisaya and also a couple of different ethnic minorities like the Manabo and the Tausugs. There are more to explain the disparity yet I believe these examples are enough to allow you to see the disparity and the focus or bias of those holding power most of all political in Imperial Manila.

Recently some groups like these is http://www.facebook.com/pages/Nasudnong-Bisaya/141304119279410,http://www.philstar.com/Article.aspx?articleId=284982 has made proposals to create an independent republic for the Visayan ethnic group as well as a Mindanao republic. And not so long ago that a certain politician stated that a Mindanao will separate to the rest of the country because of the worsening political crises that was transpiring in Imperial Manila during the time http://blogs.sunstar.com.ph/citizenwatch/2005/07/08/were-not-sinking-yet-davao-city-mayor/. Such proposals somewhat is interesting as this would allow the islands self-determination to rule for itself and eliminates the monopoly of power of Imperial Manila on the respective islands yet there are certain implication,factors and issues to consider on such a proposal. This will be tackled on the part 2 of my post.