In an unprecedented historic move to unify and consolidate the different Royal Houses of the Sultanate, five heirs to the throne of the Sulu Sultanate have signed a covenant of unity or "Parjanjian sin Hambuuuk."
In a signing ceremony held Friday in one of the hotels in Zamboanga City, the newly former Concil called the "Par Impungn Barbangsa sin Kasultanan Sulu" (the Royal Council of the Sulu Sultanate), composed of Royal Highness Sultan Muedzul-Lail Tan Kiram, Sultan Mohammad Venizar Julkarnain Jainal Abirin, Sultn Muizudin Jainal Bahjin and Sultan Ibrahim Q. Bahjin signed the covenant of unity.
Sonny "Bong" Abing III, a Tausug provincial information officer, said the consolidation of the different heirs to the Sulu throne was initaited by unity sponsor, Sulu Vice Governor Abdusakur A. Tan and adopted by the Royal Houses of the Sultanate.
"The idea and its ramifications were vetted with the representatives of the Royal heirs who in turn relayed the results to their principals before a meeting with the advisers was convened in Jolo to draft the covenant," Abing said in a statement issued to reporters.
Meanwhile, Vice Governor Tan expressed elation that this endeavor succeeded through the collective efforts of Tausugs in and outside Sulu.
"We hope that other sectors of Sulu society, like the Ulama, professionals, academe, including the Moro National Liberation Front and other cause-oriented groups can eventually support te unity covenant," said Tan.
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