Cordillera Autonomous Region creation plebiscite, 1998

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Result of the plebiscite. Only Apayao voted "yes" to be included in a "Cordillera Autonomous Region", but since the Supreme Court ruled in 1990 when only Ifugao voted "yes" that a region must be composed of more than one province, the plebiscite failed and Apayao along with the other provinces that took part in the plebiscite were transformed into a regular administrative region.

The Cordillera Autonomous Region plebiscite was held on March 7, 1998 asked if they wanted to be autonomous region under Republic Act No. 4838. The Cordillera Administrative Region (CAR) consists of the provinces of Abra, Benguet, Ifugao, Kalinga, Mountain Province and Apayao.

Results

Majority of Cordillera voters rejected the plan to be an autonomous region. For them, it affect their families, livelihoods and cause terrorism due to Conrado Balweg and the New People's Army (NPA). Because of the plebiscite, President Fidel V. Ramos made the propose autonomous region to an administrative region before he finished his term of office.

See also

• Commission on Elections
• Politics of the Philippines
• Philippine elections