Olongapo IPs slam council polls’ rule

OLONGAPO CITY: Several members of an Aeta tribal community here questioned the National Commission on Indigenous Peoples (NCIP) over the rejection of their application as candidates for Indigenous Peoples Mandatory Representative (IPMR) for the barangay (village) council.

The candidates and their members in the Ambala Aeta tribe at Sitio Mampuweng in Barangay Old Cabalan approached an official of the Aeta Federation of Olongapo to air their grievance over what they claim as attempt to manipulate the process of selecting the tribal community’s mandatory representative to the village council.