Davao Occidental creation plebiscite, 2013

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Davao Occidental creation plebiscite, 2013
"Do you approve of the creation of the province of Davao Occidental out of the province of Davao del Sur which shall be composed of the municipalities of Santa Maria, Malita, Don Marcelino, Jose Abad Santos and Sarangani pursuant to Republic Act No. 10360 dated July 23, 2012? [1]
Results
Votes %
Yes check.svgYes180,16276.57%
X mark.svgNo 55,13923.43%
Total votes235,301100.00%

On October 28, 2013, residents of Davao del Sur voted in a plebiscite to approve or disapprove the creation of the then proposed province of Davao Occidental.

Davao Occidental Province in Davao Region, Philippines

Davao Occidental is the 81st and newest province in the Philippines located in the Davao Region in Mindanao. Its capital is the municipality of Malita. To the east lies the Davao Gulf. It also shares a water border with the Indonesian province of North Sulawesi to the south.

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Background

The creation of Davao Occidental was first proposed by then Davao del Sur congressman, Marc Douglas Cagas IV in 2013, while his father, Douglas Cagas, was still the governor of Davao del Sur. The proposed province was to compose all municipalities of Davao del Sur under the 2nd legislative district at that time. Cagas withdrew his proposal as the 2013 Philippine elections drew near. [2]

Marc Douglas C. Cagas IV is a Filipino politician. A member of the Nacionalista Party, he was elected in 2007 as a Member of the House of Representatives of the Philippines, representing the First District of Davao del Sur. He forfeited a run for re-election in 2013 in order to run for Governor of Davao del Sur. Cagas lost the election to the Liberal Party candidate, former Congressman Claude Bautista.

The proposal was revived by Franklin Bautista 2nd district congressman of Davao del Sur. [2] Bautista passed a law proposing the creation of the province, was passed in Congress, and approved by President Benigno Aquino III. Bautista's version of the law has a more limited scope with the municipalities of Santa Maria, Malita, Don Marcelino, Jose Abad Santos and Sarangani proposed to form Davao del Sur. Cagas version included the municipalities of Kiblawan, Malalag and Sulop. The three municipalities opted out from being a part of the Davao Occidental proposed by Bautista. [2] [3]

Franklin P. Bautista is a Filipino politician currently serving as the first Vice Governor of the newly created Province of Davao Occidental. A member of the Liberal Party, he has been elected to two terms as a Member of the House of Representatives of the Philippines, representing the Second District of Davao del Sur. He first served from 1998 to 2001, and was again elected in 2007. He also served two non-consecutive terms as Mayor of Malita when the municipality was then part of Davao del Sur.

By virtue of Republic Act 10360 enacted on July 23, 2013, the province is the newest in the country, carved out from the southern part of Davao del Sur. RA 10360 was passed by the House of Representatives and Senate on November 28, 2012, and December 5, 2012, respectively, and signed by President Benigno Aquino III on January 14, 2013. [4] [5] A plebiscite was to be held to ratify the law.

Davao del Sur Province in Davao Region, Philippines

Davao del Sur is a province in the Philippines located in the Davao Region in Mindanao. Its capital and largest city is Digos. The province is bordered by Davao City to the north, Davao Occidental to the south and Cotabato, Sultan Kudarat, South Cotabato and Sarangani to the west. To the east lies the Davao Gulf.

House of Representatives of the Philippines lower house of the Congress of the Philippines

The House of Representatives of the Philippines, is the lower house of the Congress of the Philippines. It is often commonly referred to as Congress and informally referred to as Camara or Kamara. Members of the House are officially styled as representative (Kinatawan) and sometimes informally called Congressmen/Congresswomen and are elected to a three-year term. They can be re-elected, but cannot serve more than three consecutive terms. Around eighty percent of congressmen are district representatives, representing a particular geographical area. There are 234 legislative districts in the country, each composed of about 250,000 people. There are also party-list representatives elected through the party-list system who constitute not more than twenty percent of the total number of representatives.

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The Senate of the Philippines is the upper house of the bicameral legislature of the Philippines, the Congress; the House of Representatives is the lower house. The Senate is composed of 24 senators who are elected at-large with the country as one district under plurality-at-large voting.

A majority vote of those who participated in the plebiscite was required to approve or disapprove the creation of Davao Occidental. [3] Registered voters of Davao del Sur except Davao City at the time of the plebiscite were eligible to vote. [6] The results of the plebiscite was announced by the COMELEC in October 30, 2013. 76 percent of those who voted favor the creation of the new province. [3]

Davao City Highly Urbanized City in Davao Region, Philippines

Davao City, officially the City of Davao, is a 1st class highly urbanized city in the island of Mindanao, Philippines. The city has a total land area of 2,443.61 km2 (943.48 sq mi), making it the largest city in the Philippines in terms of land area. It is the third-most populous city in the Philippines after Quezon City and Manila, the most populous city in the country outside Metro Manila, and the most populous in Mindanao. As of the 2015 census, the city had a population of 1,632,991.

Aftermath

Malita, was designated as capital of the new province and government officials of Davao del Sur with assistance from the Department of Interior and Local Government retains jurisdiction over the new province [3] until residents of the province vote for the province's own set of government officials in 2016. [2]

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References

  1. ↑ "Resolution No. 9772". COMELEC. 9 September 2013. Retrieved 27 January 2016.
  2. 1 2 3 4 "Plebiscite results favor new Davao province". Philippine Daily Inquirer. 30 October 2013. Retrieved 27 January 2016.
  3. 1 2 3 4 Carillo, C.A. (10 November 2013). "Davao Occidental province to be created". BusinessWorld. Retrieved 27 January 2016.
  4. ↑ Sec. 46, RA 10360 The Province of Davao Occidental shall be created, as provided for in this Charter, upon approval by the majority of the votes cast by the voters of the affected areas in a plebiscite to be conducted and supervised by the Commission on Elections (COMELEC) within sixty (60) days from the date of the effectivity of this Charter.
  5. ↑ "COMELEC to conduct plebiscite for the creation of Davao Occidental". Official Gazette. COMELEC. September 18, 2013. Retrieved 7 November 2013.
  6. ↑ "COMELEC to Conduct Plebiscite for the Creation of Davao Occidental". COMELEC. 18 September 2013. Retrieved 27 January 2016.
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