The majority of Cordillera voters did not want it to be an autonomous region because of the effect on their families and the possibility of terrorism; Apayao. the least-densely populated province in the Philippines which was partitioned to serve the needs of the individual ethnic groups,voted for autonomy but was not perfmitted to have an autonomous region of just one province.
The majority of Cordillera voters did not want it to be an autonomous region because of the effect on their families and the possibility of terrorism; Apayao. the least-densely populated province in the Philippines which was partitioned to serve the needs of the individual ethnic groups,voted for autonomy but was not perfmitted to have an autonomous region of just one province.