00:00Surigao City residents in Mindanao were terrified when the business establishments there were suddenly blocked by a group of people carrying swords and samurais.
00:17They introduced themselves as the new government.
00:25Businesses in Surigao City were alarmed last week.
00:31Some of their establishments were forcibly closed and blocked by armed people carrying swords and samurais.
00:50According to the armed people, the owners of the establishments did not comply with their laws.
01:04Fight! Fight!
01:08We were forced to flee. We fled when they blocked us.
01:11We fled when they blocked us. We fled when they blocked us.
01:13We have nowhere to go.
01:16Who is this group that not only implemented their own laws in Surigao City,
01:25but also introduced themselves as the new government?
01:29Who is this group that not only implemented their own laws in Surigao City,
01:33but also introduced themselves as the new government?
01:38We have a contract here for 3 years.
01:41They were the first ones to go to Surigao City last month.
01:44We thought they were from Surigao City.
01:46They have IDs and uniforms.
01:48They were shocked when they were asked to pay 1,000 pesos.
01:54We went to their office.
01:56They told us that we will get a permit only once, not like the government where it is quarterly.
02:02They were also forced to sign these documents.
02:06When we signed, they became our members.
02:09They said that this land and this store will be ours.
02:12They said that this land and this store will be ours.
02:13When the government found out that we are now their members,
02:17they said that we will not get a license.
02:19They said that they are more powerful than the government.
02:23We should be the ones who are in charge.
02:26We are not waiting for the federal government.
02:30We are just following their orders.
02:32When they told us that we will go to their office in Sabang 3,
02:36we found out that they are not members of the government.
02:39We did not agree with their will.
02:41They just did what they wanted to do to force us.
02:44They are angry.
02:46They said that we will be arrested because we will be deported.
02:49They said that we will be arrested because we will be deported.
02:54This is what the armed people are doing.
02:57This is what the armed people are doing.
03:00Around 5 in the morning on January 24,
03:0410 people stormed the store.
03:07They are making us go out. They are angry.
03:10We are dead.
03:11This is illegal.
03:12We have already got a permit from the government.
03:15We have already got a permit from the government.
03:18The government is a traitor.
03:20The government is a traitor.
03:25We are already here.
03:28We have already got a permit from the government.
03:31You have no respect for God.
03:33You have no respect for God.
03:35You have no respect for God.
03:39Because it was very strict,
03:41the store was closed and forced to be closed.
03:44That is why they were trapped inside.
03:47Don't shoot!
03:49Don't shoot!
03:53We won't go out. I'm scared.
03:57It's good that there are police responding.
04:00But these people didn't make it.
04:02The ones who caused trouble.
04:04We filed a criminal complaint,
04:06especially the alarm in scandal,
04:08malicious mischief,
04:09there's also grave coercion,
04:11grave threats, there's physical injury.
04:13The padlock used by the tribal
04:15to lock us inside.
04:17Our lives are in danger here.
04:19They said that in the live show last night,
04:21blood will be spilled,
04:22then we will be brought back.
04:24We are low-abiding citizens,
04:26and we didn't think that they would do that to us.
04:31Another one of the harassed and perverted
04:34is the one next to Sarisari Store,
04:37Rizal's milk tea shop.
04:40Rizal was also forced to pay a permit.
04:43Even though he has all the documents for his business.
04:47Business permit, ma'am.
04:49We are a special sanitary.
04:51We are also from the barangay, ma'am.
04:53Did you give that to them?
04:55Yes, ma'am.
04:56He said that it's fake.
04:57It's from the government, it's fake.
04:59Because if our government expires,
05:01and they are the federal,
05:03now they have power.
05:04If we go to you,
05:06what benefits can we get from you?
05:08From you,
05:09you won't be able to rent from the owner.
05:12What is that?
05:13And because Rizal didn't agree with what they wanted,
05:17these people also raided Rizal's shop.
05:20I arrived around 9.30 am.
05:23I saw that there was a tarp.
05:26Announcement, no trespassing.
05:28This is the tarp used by the federal.
05:32An ancestral land under the management
05:35of federal tribal government of the Philippines.
05:38Because of what happened,
05:39their business was affected.
05:41Now, our customer left.
05:43He ran away.
05:44He ran away because he has relatives.
05:47But who is the one who introduced
05:50these federal people
05:52who didn't run away,
05:53a new government,
05:55of thieves?
05:59John and Rizal are talking about
06:02the Federal Tribal Government of the Philippines
06:05or FTGP.
06:07They introduced a religious group
06:09led by their leaders,
06:11Bae Lourdes and Dato Adlao.
06:15The truth is,
06:16it's a miracle.
06:18Because Bae Dato is the one who can command
06:20the wind, water, land, and fire.
06:22According to their belief,
06:24FTGP is the real owner
06:28of the entire Philippines
06:30which they also consider
06:32an ancestral land.
06:34Our nation is a peaceful nation.
06:36Our ancestors are princes
06:38not princesses.
06:39They are dead.
06:40Our blood is white.
06:41Our blood is holy.
06:42Blood of God.
06:43It should be red on the ground.
06:44But I mixed it with intruders
06:46and it became red.
06:47Where are the ancestral lands, sir?
06:49In Surigao?
06:50Yes, in Surigao.
06:51The entire Philippines.
06:52That's why they plan to reclaim the Philippines
06:55and they will start it
06:57in Surigao City
06:59where their headquarters is located
07:02here in Barangay Sabang 3.
07:04In Surigao City,
07:06you can find this compound
07:08which is home to 40 members
07:12of FTGP.
07:14It is closed.
07:15Those who are not members
07:17cannot enter easily.
07:19Where is the assurance
07:21if you are a member of FTGP?
07:22There is a lack of spiritual material.
07:24You cannot sue,
07:25you cannot resolve a warrant
07:27if you are exempted from any mandatory authority
07:29in the government
07:30if you have diplomatic immunity.
07:32We tried to get the permission
07:34of Datu Adlaw
07:35to answer the accusations
07:37against their group
07:39and their opponents.
07:49But he said,
07:50it is prohibited to disturb.
07:53Meanwhile,
07:54an interview was conducted
07:55with one of their former members,
07:57Gardo,
07:58a close friend of Datu Adlaw.
08:02Datu Adlaw
08:03used to be a spiritual blesser.
08:06He was like a priest
08:08who blessed people.
08:10He had two dreams
08:12to leave the Church
08:14because he was commanded
08:16to join the Sepiliral,
08:19a new tribal government.
08:21He had a strict way of walking.
08:24Every person has a samurai.
08:25That's what they did.
08:26Maybe if we were ordered
08:28by two hundred people,
08:30many of them were removed
08:31because those who do not follow
08:33the federal law
08:34will be removed.
08:35For the new members to be encouraged,
08:38the FTGP offered a job
08:41with a high salary.
08:43One of the selected
08:45was Danilo,
08:46a gold smuggler.
08:54When it came to Surigao City,
08:56they asked for 1,000 pesos
08:58for what they call
09:00Diplomat.
09:01If you have a membership
09:03in the federal tribal,
09:04if you have this,
09:05you can use it for travel.
09:08Wherever you go,
09:09this will be shown
09:11to those who check-in
09:13even if you don't have a license.
09:16Danny is also one of the people
09:18who were locked up
09:20by their Sepil
09:21by some business establishments
09:23in Surigao City
09:24last week.
09:26Federal, take out your guns.
09:28Take out your guns.
09:30Huh?
09:31Take out your guns.
09:44But despite what they did
09:46and what they were ordered to do,
09:48Ruel, Danny, and Gardo
09:50were not accepted
09:52by a cousin.
09:54I was just a victim
09:55of some businessmen.
09:57That's why this Wednesday,
09:59together with their 13 other cousins,
10:01Gardo surrendered
10:03to the authorities.
10:05How can I face my family?
10:07Let's end our partnership.
10:09What I can do, ma'am,
10:10is that I will not
10:11talk to them in the morning.
10:13They were victims
10:14of large-scale illegal recruitment.
10:16At the same time,
10:17because where they were recruited,
10:19there was a minor.
10:20We also tried
10:21the Trafficking in Persons Act
10:23of 2003
10:24or the Republic Act 9208.
10:26That is a serious violation of law.
10:29That same day,
10:30the police
10:31arrested a man
10:33at a checkpoint
10:34who was also a member
10:36of the FTGP.
10:43This angered
10:44Dato Adlao.
10:46Our people
10:47who just exchanged water
10:48were arrested
10:49without a cop,
10:50without a legal,
10:51without a warrant of arrest.
10:52You should shut up
10:53because my forces
10:54cannot fight
10:55with a gun.
10:57But the authorities
10:58defended
10:59that their arrest
11:00of the man was legal.
11:01They were intercepted
11:02at the checkpoint.
11:03The members were still defeated.
11:05The only thing they had
11:06was the samurai
11:07and the attack
11:08because they had
11:09the threats.
11:10The authorities
11:11were just waiting
11:12for the warrant of arrest
11:13to be given
11:14to Dato Adlao.
11:17We deployed
11:18a lot of police personnel
11:19in the area
11:20to isolate him
11:21and to prevent him
11:22from being seen
11:23by other people.
11:24Those who were still
11:25inside the compound,
11:26most of them
11:27were already
11:28involved in the complaint.
11:29So basically,
11:30once the warrant of arrest
11:31was given,
11:32we couldn't do anything
11:33but serve them.
11:34Meanwhile,
11:35is there a legal basis
11:36for the FTGP
11:37to say
11:38that they
11:39are the owners
11:40of Surigao City
11:41as well as
11:42the entire Philippines
11:44that according to their law,
11:46is their ancestral land?
11:56Even the National Commission
11:58on Indigenous People,
12:00NCIP,
12:01issued an advisory
12:03condemning
12:04the actions
12:05of the FTGP.
12:07The Federal Tribal Group
12:10of the Philippines
12:11is not
12:12a legitimate
12:13group of
12:14indigenous peoples.
12:15They don't have
12:16enough documents
12:17to justify
12:18that they are
12:19a legitimate
12:21indigenous people's
12:23organization.
12:24We are the government.
12:25According to the law,
12:26Republic Act 371,
12:28the law of 1997,
12:30Divine Customary Law.
12:31They are using
12:32the law
12:33in the wrong way.
12:34Self-governance
12:35should be within
12:36the scope
12:37of the law
12:38of the Philippines.
12:39We, the tribals,
12:41delegated to you
12:42to answer
12:43your questions
12:44using
12:45our sacred
12:46land.
12:47This is our
12:48ancestral land.
12:49This is our
12:50ancestral land.
12:51They cannot
12:52justify
12:53or give
12:54proof
12:55that
12:56their
12:57ancestral land
12:58is theirs.
12:59Their claim
13:00is next to
13:01impossibility.
13:02The government
13:03of the Philippines
13:04is the Republic
13:05of the Philippines.
13:06Many groups
13:07like this
13:08are formed
13:09in remote areas
13:10because the benefits
13:11of the government
13:12are not given
13:13by the government.
13:14If we can
13:15give enough
13:16intelligence
13:17to our
13:18countrymen,
13:19they will not
13:20move
13:21outside
13:22the law
13:23or fight
13:24the law.
13:25Be careful
13:26especially
13:27joining
13:28organizations.
13:29We should
13:30know how to
13:31determine
13:32if the activity
13:33is a scam.
13:34They will take
13:35advantage of
13:36the educational
13:37attainment
13:38of the people
13:39plus
13:40the poverty
13:41of the people.
13:42You should
13:43join
13:44because
13:45you will be
13:46destroyed.
13:47Tribes,
13:48delegate
13:49your answers.
13:50The leaders
13:51of the
13:52indigenous people
13:53have spoken.
13:54The activities
13:55of the
13:56FTGP
13:57are not
13:58legitimate.
13:59The fight
14:00of the
14:01IP
14:02or the
14:03indigenous people
14:04for their
14:05land
14:06and their
14:07rights
14:08should not
14:09be confused
14:10with the
14:11fight
14:12of the
14:13FTGP
14:14for their
14:15rights
14:16and their
14:17rights
14:18should not
14:19be confused
14:20with the
14:21fight
14:22of the
14:23FTGP
14:24for their
14:25rights
14:26and their
14:27rights.
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