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The Zamboanga Sibugay creation plebiscite was a plebiscite on the creation of the Province of Zamboanga Sibugay from Zamboanga del Sur province in the Philippines. The plebiscite was held on February 22, 2001, and the results were announced on February 26, 2001. [1] The plebiscite was supervised and officiated by the COMELEC pursuant to Resolution No. 3577. [2]
Attempts to create a new province from Zamboanga del Sur date as far back as the 1960s. Several bills were filed in the Philippine Congress but remained unacted until the start of the 2000s. The creation of a province named Zamboanga Sibugay was proposed by George Hofer, former Zamboanga del Sur congressman. The proposed province was to compose all municipalities of Zamboanga del Sur under the 3rd legislative district at that time.
House Bill No. 9575, a bill proposed by Congressman Hofer, was signed into law as Republic Act No. 8973 by President Joseph Estrada and was enacted on November 7, 2000. Because of this, the province is the newest in the country, carved out from the third legislative district of the province of Zamboanga del Sur. A plebiscite was held on February 22, 2001, to ratify the law.
A majority vote of those who participated in the plebiscite was required to approve or disapprove of the creation of Zamboanga del Sur. Registered voters of Zamboanga del Sur and Pagadian City at the time of the plebiscite were eligible to vote. The results of the plebiscite were announced by the COMELEC on February 26, 2001. 70 percent of those who voted favored the creation of the new province.
Pursuant to Republic Act No. 8973, Ipil was designated as the capital of the new province. [3] [4]
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Zamboanga Sibugay's at-large congressional district was the lone congressional district of the Philippines in the province of Zamboanga Sibugay for the House of Representatives from 2001 to 2007. It was created after the passage of Republic Act No. 8973 in 2000 which partitioned the province of Zamboanga del Sur and established the province of Zamboanga Sibugay. The district was represented by Belma A. Cabilao for the entirety of its existence. She was redistricted to Zamboanga Sibugay's 1st congressional district after the passage of Republic Act No. 9232 which abolished the district and reapportioned Zamboanga Sibugay into two congressional districts following the 2007 census.
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