MILG, MIPA sign joint memorandum circular reinforcing IPs’ participation in local governance
COTABATO CITY— Ministers Atty. Naguib Sinarimbo and Melanio Ulama of the ministries of the Interior and Local Government (MILG) and Indigenous Peoples’ Affairs (MIPA), respectively, signed on Wed. July 12, a Joint Memorandum Circular which will allow the mandatory participation of Indigenous Cultural Communities or Indigenous Peoples (ICCs/IPs) in the local legislative councils and…