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Wednesday, February 21, 2007
Maranaw
province in a dream
Dansalan became a city in 1940. The inauguration did not take place
because the Second World War intervened. Philippine sovereignty was
handed back to the Filipinos only in 1946. After the war, Dansalan was
officially inaugurated in 1950.
In 1956, Republic Act NO. 1352 changed the name of Dansalan to Marawi.
Clearly then, to the scholars of history, Ranao and Lanao are to Philippine
history as Mumbai and Bombay are to the history of India. Bombay is now
officially known as Mumbai. I wish that Lanao will one day be returned back
to its origin as Ranao, if not Saranao or Maranaw. Only then would the
Maranaws be able to retrieve what they seemed to have lost in history.
In May 1959, Lanao was divided into two provinces by virtue of Republic
Act No. 2228. The division was done by creating the province of Lanao Del
Norte out of the old province of Lanao. Iligan city became the capital of
Lanao Del Norte. What remains of Lanao was then called Lanao Del Sur
with Marawi City as its capital.
In 1971, House Bill No. 3559 was passed in the Congress of the Philippines
for a proposal to create the proposed Maranaw Province. Years had passed
but Maranaw province existed only in a congressional document, known as
Republic Act No. 6406.
In 1980, Marawi city was renamed the Islamic City of Marawi, the only
chartered city in the Philippines with a predominantly Muslim population. In
a 1989 plebiscite, Lanao Del Sur voted to join the Autonomous Region of
Muslim Mindanao (ARMM) but Marawi City elected to remain outside of
ARMM.
It has been more than three decades but Maranaw province existed only in
a document. For this reason, Grande Dianaton of the Maranao Cultural
Heritage believes that Republic Act No. 6406 should now belong to the site,
the “MaranaoMuseum”. Below is a copy of Republic Act No. 6406.
Section 1. The Province of Lanao del Sur is hereby divided into two provinces to
be known as Maranaw and Lanao del Sur, in the following manner: The Province
of Maranaw shall consist of that portion of the present Province of Lanao del Sur
which comprises the municipalities of Masiu, Poona-Bayabao, Lumba-Bayabao,
Wao, Tamparan, Marantao, Kapai, Bubong, Ramain-Ditsaan, Mulondo,
Saguiaran, Piagapo and Taraka. The Province of Lanao del Sur shall consist of
that remaining portion of the present Province of Lanao del Sur which comprises
the municipalities of Lumbatan, Butig, Binidayan, Bayang, Tubaran, Tugaya,
Pagayawan, Pualas, Balabagan, Mala-bang, Ganassi, Madalum, Madamba,
Bacolod Grande and Balindong.
Sec. 2. The capital of the Province of Maranaw shall be the City of Marawi, and
that of the Province of Lanao del Sur shall be the Municipality of Malabang.
Sec. 3. Except as hereinafter provided, all provisions of the law now or
hereafter applicable to regular provinces shall be applicable to the Provinces of
Maranaw and LanaoDelSur.
Sec. 4. The new provinces as provided in this Act shall come into existence upon
the election and qualification of their first elective provincial officials, who shall be
elected in a special election simultaneously with the general elections of
November, nineteen hundred and seventy-three.
Sec. 5. For purposes of the special election mentioned in Section four hereof, the
provincial board of canvassers of the present Province of Lanao del Sur shall act
as the provincial board of canvassers for the provinces herein created.
Sec. 6. For the purposes of congressional representation and provincial
elections, the City of Marawi shall be included in the Province of Maranaw.
Maranaw
Sec. 7. The funds, obligations and the assets of all kinds of the present Province
of Lanao del Sur subsisting at the time of the effectivity of the creation of the two
provinces herein created shall be divided and distributed between the two
provinces in proportion to the total income of the municipalities comprising each
of these provinces for the fiscal year nineteen hundred seventy-two and nineteen
hundred seventy-three: Provided, however, That if the obligation had been
contracted to finance a project located in one of the two new provinces, the said
province shall be responsible exclusively for such obligation.
Sec. 8. The present employees of the Province of Lanao del Sur whose salaries
are paid out of provincial funds shall pertain to either of the provinces herein
created according to the municipality wherein said employees are registered
voters and actually voted therein during the general elections of nineteen
hundred sixty-nine; otherwise, they shall pertain to the Province of Lanao del Sur.
Sec. 9. This Act shall take effect immediately upon its approval.
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