MINDANAO AND SULU STILL BELONG TO THE SULTANATES THIS IS THE TITLE OF THE ACADEMIC TREATISE I WROTE AND SENT FOR PUBLICATION IN THE ZAMBOANGA TODAY DAILY NEWSPAPER WHICH IS EXPECTED TO BE OFF THE PRESS TODAY. IN THIS ARTICLE, I QUOTED TWELVE (12) WORLD- RENOWNED AUTHORS AND HISTORIANS WHO ATTEST TO THE FACT THAT SPAIN FAILED TO CONQUER THESE TWO ANCIENT ISLAMIC KINGDOMS WHICH IS THE ROOT-CAUSE OF THE CONTINUING BELLIGERENCE IN MINDANAO AND SULU BECAUSE THESE TWO ISLAMIC STATES WERE SURREPTITIOUSLY INCLUDED IN THE LINES AND COORDINATES WHICH TECHNICALLY DEFINED THE TERRITORIAL LIMITS OF THE PHILIPPINE ISLANDS UNDER ARTICLE III OF THE DECEMBER 10, 1898 TREATY OF PARIS. THE MAIN POSTULATE IN THIS ACADEMIC TREATISE IS; SINCE SPAIN DID NOT ACQUIRE PROPRIETARY RIGHT AND SOVEREINTY OVER THE SULTANATES OF SULU AND MAGUINDANAO (MINDANAO, INCLUSIVE OF ALL THE ROYAL HOUSES) BY VIRTUE OF CONQUEST OR OTHER MODES OF TERRITORIAL ACQUISITION, SPAIN DID NOT HAVE THE LEGAL RIGHT TO INCLUDE MINDANAO AND SULU IN THE SALE AND CESSION OF THE PHILIPPINE ISLANDS TO THE UNITED STATES UNDER ARTICLE 111 OF THE DECEMBER 10, 1898 TREATY OF PARIS. I ALREADY EXPRESSED THIS LAYMANS POINT OF VIEW IN MANY ARTICLES I WROTE BEFORE.
Posted on: Wed, 19 Nov 2014 00:00:11 +0000
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