LA TRINIDAD, Benguet: The Cordillera Elders Alliance (CEA) has urged Cordillera lawmakers to refile House Bill (HB) 4649 citing, saying the bill “does not embody the substance of genuine recognition of the collective rights of the Cordillera indigenous peoples over their ancestral lands and right to self-determination.”

“HB 4649 allows the disintegration of the territoriality of the Cordillera,” the CEA said in a resolution passed at the Cordillera Elders Workshop on Regional Autonomy at the Gladiola Hall, Benguet State University, on August 29-30

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