Difference between revisions of "Lumad Mindanao Peoples Federation"

::source: verbatim: https://intercontinentalcry.org

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1979-1985 is considered to be the formative stage of LMPF. It was first incepted as Lumadnong Alyansa sa Mindanao alang sa Demokrasya or Lumad Alliance in Mindanao for Democracy (LUMAD-Mindanao). It is a multi-sectoral alliance composed (80% non-lumad and 20% lumad) of Lumad and non-lumads eg religious groups (bishops, priests, Moro, nuns, brothers, laywo/men), peasants, workers, youth, women, and the like chaired by a lumad (Subanen) human rights lawyer, Atty. Fausto Lingating of Pagadian City. The Alliance’s purpose was to project the plight and aspiration of the Lumad Peoples in Mindanao in the face of the Marcos dictatorial rule that widely violates peoples’ human rights including that of indigenous peoples.

1979-1985 is considered to be the formative stage of LMPF. It was first incepted as Lumadnong Alyansa sa Mindanao alang sa Demokrasya or Lumad Alliance in Mindanao for Democracy (LUMAD-Mindanao). It is a multi-sectoral alliance composed (80% non-lumad and 20% lumad) of Lumad and non-lumads eg religious groups (bishops, priests, Moro, nuns, brothers, laywo/men), peasants, workers, youth, women, and the like chaired by a lumad (Subanen) human rights lawyer, Atty. Fausto Lingating of Pagadian City. The Alliance’s purpose was to project the plight and aspiration of the Lumad Peoples in Mindanao in the face of the Marcos dictatorial rule that widely violates peoples’ human rights including that of indigenous peoples.