Kingdom Filipina Hacienda
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| headquarters = Royal Castle, Pala-o
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| leader_title = Self-styled queen and prime minister{{cite web |title=Profile |url=https://www.royalsovereigncrown.site/profile |website=Royal Sovereign Crown |publisher=Kingdom Filipina Hacienda |access-date=19 October 2024}}
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The Kingdom Filipina Hacienda–Autocratic Sovereign Monarchy, or simply the Kingdom Filipina Hacienda (KFH), is an organization in the Philippines based in Iligan. Associated with the sovereign citizen movement, the group does not recognize the government of the Republic of the Philippines as legitimate.
Background
The Kingdom Filipina Hacienda is a group which claims to be an autocratic sovereign monarchy.{{cite news |title=Woman accused of insulting judge at 'sovereign' Briton's trial handed 2 more charges |url=https://www.straitstimes.com/singapore/courts-crime/woman-accused-of-insulting-judge-at-sovereign-briton-s-trial-handed-2-more-charges |access-date=2 February 2023 |work=The Straits Times |date=14 November 2022 |language=en}} It has been extant since March 2008.{{cite news |last1=Ramli |first1=Ratna Mas Ayu Binte |title=Inside the alternative reality of 'sovereign citizens' |url=https://www.straitstimes.com/singapore/inside-the-alternative-reality-of-sovereign-citizens-0 |access-date=4 February 2023 |work=The Straits Times |date=23 August 2021 |language=en}}{{subscription required}}
It is led by Salvacion Legaspi, a woman who style herself as "Queen Majesty"{{cite news |last=Ermac|first=Bonita|title='Queen Majesty', 23 followers held for occupying school in Iligan |url=https://tempo.com.ph/2020/12/30/queen-majesty-23-followers-held-for-occupying-school-in-iligan/ |access-date=2 February 2023 |work=Tempo |date=30 December 2020}} "Queen of the Motherland", and the "Alpha and Omega".{{cite news |last1=Serato |first1=Arniel |title=Rosanna Roces reveals the 'true owner' of the Philippine archipelago |url=https://www.pep.ph/news/local/47931/rosanna-roces-reveals-the-39true-owner39-of-the-philippine-archipelago?s=8f6125qjch2939c56bgf5mp7d6 |access-date=19 October 2024 |work=PEP.ph |publisher=Philippine Entertainment Portal, Inc. |date=29 January 2015 |language=fil, en}} Legaspi claims ownership over Philippine archipelago as the supposed descendant of a certain "King Luisong". She claims this is supported by the Treaty of Paris, various "divine scriptures and documents" and "guidance from the Holy Spirit".
It is headquartered in a building they call as the "Royal Castle" in Barangay Pala-o in Iligan. They have their own Tribunal Rural Bank and issue their own currency which they call the "euro". They do not recognize the government of the Republic of the Philippines as legitimate. The KFH claims ownership over the Philippines,{{cite news |last1=Ubarco |first1=Jade |title=Queen Majesty Salvacion Legaspi Ug 23 Ka Mga Kauban, Lakip Usa Ka Announcer Sa Radyo, Gidakop Sa Pulis Tungod Sa Pag-take Over Sa Usa Ka Tunghaan Sa Ditucalan |trans-title=Queen Majesty Salvacion Legaspi and 23 companions, Including a radio announcer, arrested by police for taking over a school in Ditucalan|url=https://rmn.ph/queen-majesty-salvacion-legaspi-ug-23-ka-mga-kauban-lakip-usa-ka-announcer-sa-radyo-gidakop-sa-pulis-tungod-sa-pag-take-over-sa-usa-ka-tunghaan-sa-ditucalan/ |access-date=2 February 2023 |work=RMN Networks |date=29 December 2020 |language=ceb}} calling itself as the "New Philippines". They also claim sovereignty over the Spratly Islands and the whole of Borneo island.
In 2024, KFH claim it can resolve the South China Sea dispute due to being in possession of a decree concerning territories worldwide. However it admits it does not have any appropriate military assets to deter China deferring to divine intervention.{{cite news |last1=Ucat |first1=Bombo Junel |title=Kingdom Filipinas Hacienda, nagpakilalang grupong kaya lutasin ang Ph-China's WPS dispute |url=https://cdo.bomboradyo.com/kingdom-filipinas-hacienda-nagpakilalang-grupong-kaya-lutasin-ang-ph-chinas-wps-dispute/ |access-date=19 October 2024 |work=Bombo Radyo CDO |date=12 July 2024}}
The KFH has been linked to the sovereign citizen movement, claiming legitimacy by "divine empowerment" and "common law".
Incidents
=Iligan high school occupation=
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In May 2021, British national Benjamin Glynn was arrested for not wearing a mask in Singapore, in defiance of COVID-19 pandemic protocols, as well as harassing the police and for being a public nuisance. He insist that laws does not apply to him claiming to being a "sovereign citizen". Abdul Rashid Abdul Rahman, a Singaporean, attempted to represent Glynn in defense of a "sovereign compatriot" despite having no license to practice law. Abdul Rashid affiliates himself with the KFH claiming to be the self-styled monarchy's "ambassador-at-large and advocate".{{cite news |title=Briton caught on video not wearing mask claims to be 'sovereign', says charges do not apply to him |url=https://www.straitstimes.com/singapore/courts-crime/briton-caught-on-video-not-wearing-mask-claims-to-be-sovereign-says-charges |access-date=2 February 2023 |work=The Straits Times |date=5 August 2021 |language=en}} Glynn would be deported in August 2021.{{cite news |title=Woman accused of insulting judge at 'sovereign' Briton's trial handed 2 more charges |url=https://www.straitstimes.com/singapore/courts-crime/woman-accused-of-insulting-judge-at-sovereign-briton-s-trial-handed-2-more-charges |access-date=2 February 2023 |work=The Straits Times |date=14 November 2022 |language=en}}
Lee Hui Yin disrupted the Glynn trial calling the procedure a "kangaroo court" and was accused of disrespected the judge.{{cite news |title=Woman accused of insulting judge at 'sovereign' Briton's trial handed 2 more charges |url=https://www.straitstimes.com/singapore/courts-crime/woman-accused-of-insulting-judge-at-sovereign-briton-s-trial-handed-2-more-charges |access-date=2 February 2023 |work=The Straits Times |date=14 November 2022 |language=en}} She had additional charges after she allegedly for getting into a spat with two police officers over mask mandates. Lee, also a sovereign citizen herself, likewise wanted Abdul Rashid to represent her in her case.{{cite news |last1=Alkhatib |first1=Shaffiq |title=Woman accused of insulting judge at 'sovereign' Briton's trial handed 2 more charges |url=https://www.straitstimes.com/singapore/courts-crime/woman-accused-of-insulting-judge-at-sovereign-briton-s-trial-handed-2-more-charges |access-date=2 February 2023 |work=The Straits Times |date=14 November 2022 |language=en}}
Abdul Rashid himself would also be charged for failing to wear a mask in two separate occasions in 2022 and invoked his status as a sovereign citizen in a bid to prove the court has no authority over him.{{cite news |last1=Koh |first1=Wan Ting |title=Man who presented himself as 'lawyer' of Benjamin Glynn claims trial, remanded for psychiatric evaluation |url=https://www.channelnewsasia.com/singapore/abdul-rashid-abdul-rahman-kingdom-filipina-hacienda-benjamin-glynn-lawyer-claim-trial-no-mask-public-3005671 |access-date=2 February 2023 |work=Channel News Asia |date=13 October 2022 |language=en}}
See also
- Romana Didulo, Self-proclaimed queen of Canada and one most prominent figures of the QAnon movement in Canada
External links
- {{Official website|royalsovereigncrown.site}}
- {{Official website|indigenoustribe-gov.org|Archived official website}} (c. 2011)