Why do the Philippines claim the Sabah?

Answer 1

Because logically the Sabah is rightfully in the Philippine territory. It was just LEASED by Muslims residing in there who always love to claim things as their own regardless of whatever legal rights of the country. It can also be linked to religion since Muslims always prefer to do any transactions with their co-Muslims for the sake of their ever-discriminating leg god allah's Islam. Religion and World power's influences will always play a big role in this dispute however, no matter how they claim whether be cultural or traditional reasonings, the rights should be to the Philippines and the international law should stop playing blind about this matter.

Answer 2

Sabah and Spratly islandThe Spanish was forced to sell the Philippines to America for 20 million dollars when they learned that the USA has far superior battleship and ammunition against their wooden Galleon's during the battle of Manila bay. The Spanish crafted the Treaty of Paris and put the technical description covering all the archipelago including the Sulu group of islands. The Treaty of Paris has put the USA in jeopardy by signing the one sided Treaty in favor of Spain. The setback was later found by the USA, but it was too late because according to the Treaty the USA has to protect whatever Spain or any of their relatives owned within the Philippines, not realizing that the whole archipelago land has almost land titled to the five main groups of religious order. This practically meant the USA bought nothing but the political administration only because they are strongly opposed by Aguinaldo in Phil American war, until they give independence to the Philippines, due to costly war in the Philippines. The sale under the Treaty of Paris is illegal because Spain included the Sulu Kingdom which they never defeated in war. The war protocol prohibit to include any territory which is not conquered or defeated and not part of the spoils of war.

When Philippine Republic was formed, Sulu Kingdom was included for in fact the inclusion to the sale is only Luzon and Visayas. Mindanao and Sulu Kingdom is not included because the Spanish failed to conquer the Sulu Kingdom. During the time of president Macapagal , the Philippine government was given authority to claim Sabah in bahalf of the Sultanate of Sulu but failed until it was revoked in 1989. It is clear therefore that the Philippines has no more authority over Sabah and Spratly island.

The owner of Sabah and Spratly is the Royal Sulu and North Borneo kingdom. The current and legitimate Sultan is his HRH Sultan Esmail D. Kiram (www.sulu.gov.pH).

The problem of the kingdom is apparent between Malaysia and Philippines since the kingdom now is traditional rather than political, both Malaysia and Philippines were playing fire not to recognize the traditional governance of the Sultanate for fear to escalate as a political power. Malaysia and Philippines has clamped the economic capacity of the kingdom via proprietary property.

This has been solved by the current hierarchy by appointing a private company in Hongkong, to undertake the total administration and management of the said proprietary property of the kingdom. Neither Malaysia nor the Philippines can manipulate the Hongkong Company politically since it is now in a neutral ground. His Royal Highness Sultan Esmail D. Kiram has given a "Decree and Authority to the Hongkong Company to fast track the implementation of the 1939 High Court of North Borneo Ruling to Audit and Inventory the property of the Kingdom in Sabah as well as the property in the Philippines..(www.sultanatesulu.org)

The issue of legitimate Sultan is now overdue because the political manuever behind to pay many sultans of Sulu and North Borneo, to make it appear chaotic is finished. Royal Sultanate of Sulu and North Borneo has only one Sultan from the hierarchy. The legitimate Sultan has to become a Maharajah Adinda first then Rajah Muda before he assume the Sultan Proper. None among claiming Sultans has become Maharajah Adinda and Rajah Muda, they claimed straight forward from the lineage the position without undergoing to the process of unbroken hierarchy to the throne. The Sultan chooses his Rajah Mudah, the Rajah Muda chooses his Maharajah Adinda, therefore before becoming a Sultan , he has to pass through the process of being a Maharajah Adinda to Rajah Muda then to Sultan proper. This eliminates the fake and bogus sultans. (www.wiki.answer.com) who is the Sultan of Sulu and North Borneo ?