00:00 The government of Mindanao was again discussed as a separate government
00:05 after former President Rodrigo Duterte's statement the other day.
00:10 I know that my fellow countrymen, let's unite.
00:16 If you want, we are one Mindanao.
00:20 Let's go through the legal process.
00:24 There is such thing as a body that would hear your petition to secede
00:33 and it will... they will survey and then pre-visit.
00:40 It's time for the hearing, said the representative of the North First District, Pantaleon Alvarez.
00:49 Mindanao has been neglected for a long time. They will go through this through a signature campaign.
00:55 But the former Supreme Court Senior Associate Justice Antonio Carpio said that this is against the Constitution.
01:02 There is no provision in the Constitution that allows a part of the country to secede.
01:08 The same applies to some of the laws from Mindanao.
01:13 Congressman Rufus Rodriguez said that Mindanao's need for support is not independence.
01:19 Senate President Juan Miguel Sobirina, a former mayor, said that it would not be good if the Philippines would be divided.
01:27 Senate Minority Leader Coco Pimentel, a former member of Mindanao, also agreed with this.
01:33 Tomorrow, some lawmakers will discuss this, like Surigao del Norte Representative Robert Ace Barbers.
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