Legislative district of Dinagat Islands

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The Legislative district of Dinagat Islands is the representation of the province of Dinagat Islands in the various national legislatures of the Philippines. The province is currently represented in the lower house of the Congress of the Philippines through its lone congressional district.

History

Prior to gaining separate representation, areas now under the jurisdiction of Dinagat Islands were initially represented under the former province of Surigao (1907–1961), Region X (1978–1984) and Surigao del Norte (1961–1972; 1984–2007).

The passage of Republic Act No. 9355 on 2 October 2006 and its subsequent ratification by plebiscite three months later separated seven municipalities from Surigao del Norte's first congressional district to form the new province of Dinagat Islands.[1] The new province first elected its separate representative in the 2007 elections.

Despite Dinagat Islands being nullified as a province by the Supreme Court of the Philippines on 11 February 2010[2] the decision was not yet rendered final and executory before the 10 May 2010 elections; therefore the Commission on Elections still organized the elections for Dinagat Islands' congressional representative along with its provincial officials.[3] Even after the Supreme Court rendered its original decision final and executory on 18 May 2010, the representatives of the reconfigured first district of Surigao del Norte and the lone district of Dinagat Islands continued to represent their own constituencies.[4]

After the Supreme Court reversed its previous ruling on 12 April 2011,[4] and subsequently upheld with finality the constitutionality of R.A. 9355 and the creation of Dinagat Islands as a province through an Entry of Judgment on 24 October 2012,[5] the separation of Dinagat Islands from Surigao del Norte's first district became permanent.

Lone District

  • Population (2015): 127,152[6]
Period Representative[7]
14th Congress
2007–2010		 Glenda B. Ecleo
15th Congress
2010–2013
 Ruben B. Ecleo, Jr.1
vacant 2
16th Congress
2013–2016
Arlene J. Bag-ao
17th Congress
2016–2019

^1 Name deleted from House of Representatives list of members on 22 May 2012 over conviction of parricide;[8] seat remained officially vacant until the end of the 15th Congress.
^2 Arlene "Kaka" Bag-ao was appointed congressional caretaker for the district on October 2012 while concurrently serving as Akbayan party-list representative until the end of the 15th Congress.[9]

See also

References

  1. ↑ Congress of the Philippines (2 October 2006). "Republic Act No. 9355 - An Act Creating the Province of Dinagat Islands" (PDF). Senate of the Philippines. Retrieved 9 August 2016.
  2. ↑ Rempillo, Jay B. (11 February 2010). "SC Voids Creation of the Province of Dinagat Islands". Supreme Court of the Philippines. Archived from the original on 16 July 2011. Retrieved 19 December 2015.
  3. ↑ Commission on Elections (9 March 2010). "COMELEC Resolution No. 8790" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 26 March 2010. Retrieved 9 August 2016.
  4. 1 2 Nachura, Antonio Eduardo B. (12 April 2011). "G.R. No. 180050, Promulgated: April 12, 2011". Supreme Court of the Philippines. Retrieved 9 August 2016.
  5. ↑ Department of Budget and Management (9 January 2013). "IRA Shares for LGUs Jump by 37.5% in 2013". Official Gazette of the Republic of the Philippines. Office of the President of the Philippines. Retrieved 9 August 2016.
  6. ↑ "Population of Population of Legislative Districts by Region, Province, and Selected Highly Urbanized/Component City: 2015". Philippine Statistics Authority. 2015. Retrieved 19 November 2017.
  7. ↑ Congressional Library Bureau. "Roster of Philippine Legislators". Republic of the Philippines, House of Representatives. Retrieved 7 February 2017.
  8. ↑ Medina, Andrei (1 June 2012). "Dinagat Rep. Ruben Ecleo Jr. removed from Congress". GMA News Online. Retrieved 3 February 2017.
  9. ↑ Casauay, Angela (4 January 2013). "Party-list rep as district caretaker a first". Rappler. Retrieved 3 February 2017.
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