From word wars, showdowns via banners, and a tug-of-war over taxes and police, we trace the decades-long dispute over BGC and nearby barangays.
, in a ruling released on April 4, said no more motions or communications would be entertained related to the case.
As in most other cases in the Philippines about borders, territory, and politics, the Taguig-Makati dispute is also explicably linked to political clans and power blocs – including clans that are still in power in the two rich cities.The legal battle began in 1993 when Taguig City asked a Pasig City court to affirm two presidential orders – issued in 1992 by the late Cory Aquino and in 1993 by the late Fidel Ramos – that identified certain barangays as part of Taguig.
But those orders seemingly contradicted two presidential proclamations – issued in 1986 by the late dictator Ferdinand Marcos Sr. and in 1990 by Aquino – which specified that certain parts of Fort Bonifacio were under Makati’s boundaries. In 1996, Makati asked a Makati Regional Trial Court to stop Taguig from collecting taxes related to the areas in question, including Bonifacio Global City. The Makati court later dismissed that petition on account of forum shopping.
While the Pasig Court sided with Taguig in 2011, the Court of Appeals in 2013 sided with Makati, declaring the Marcos and Aquino presidential proclamations constitutional and valid.It’s in 2013, following Makati’s first big win in the legal war, that the conflict peaked and niceties sunk to their lowest. It’s also this part in the sordid take of Taguig and Makati where the political clans that rule both local and national politics enter the picture.
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