It also applies to the complex legal landscape, one that can ultimately lead us to conclude that the problem is largely the creation of government itself.The history of legal declarations relevant to Masungi started as early as 1904, when Executive Order 33 was issued establishing the Mariquina Watershed with an area of 27,980.22 hectares. The area was enlarged by EO 14 signed on Feb.
, through then Environment Secretary Gina Lopez, signed a MoA with the Masungi Georeserve Foundation Inc. , an entity whose organizers were associated with BSDC, granting the latter rights to manage the protection, conservation and sustainable development of 2,700 hectares of land, which included Masungi Rock or Lot 10.On June 22, 2018, RA 11036, or the E-Nipas Law, expanded the coverage of Nipas, and has tacitly included UMRBPL as a legislated protected area.
has every right to question the implementation of the MoA, as it has done so officially in congressional hearings conducted for the said purpose. is even now accused of violating the rights of indigenous peoples and of tenured migrants residing within the UMRBPL.However, the burden to prove not only the legal infirmities of the MoA, but also the alleged violation committed by