The Fourth Perspective

The fact that Malaysia is paying rent to the Filipino sultanate constitutes proof that Malaysia is not the owner of Sabah . In civil law, possessor may be different from the owner of a property. In this case,  Sabah is in the possession of Malaysia   who uses it under the terms of the old british lease and exercises sovereignty over it as if it was part of their territory  from the time that it was ceded to them by the previous lessee. The Sultanate of Sulu, a Filipino, constituting itself to be the rightful owner of Sabah,  now wants to take possession in its private capacity. The Philippines on the other hand is a sovereign nation, who lends itself to be a claimant of Sabah , the same being a part of its national territory that includes the Sultanate of Sulu. In a simple analogy, what we have is a Filipino citizen’s private property that is situated in  Sabah, North Borneo, which the Philippines has a parallel but  passive claim being ...

It was surprising that some local government unit’s are still playing themselves to be above the law by confiscating Driver’s License for violation of local ordinances on traffic. This is after the fact that the supreme court in its en banc decision (G.R. No. 102782. December 11, 1991 and G.R. No. 91023. July 13, 1990 ) had affirmed the decision of Judge Arsenio Gonong for enjoining the Metropolitan Manila Authority from detaching, removing and confiscating license plates and confiscating the driver’s license of drivers of motor vehicles. Finally, it declares that Ordinance No. 11, Series of 1991 of Metropolitan Manila Authority and Ordinance No. 7, Series of 1988 of the Municipality of Mandaluyong NULL and VOID and hence,  enjoining all law enforcement authorities in Metropolitan Manila from removing the license plates of motor vehicles (except when authorized under LOI 43) and confiscating driver licenses for traffic violations within the said area. By doctrine of pre...