The Rules Of Succession

The Rules of Succession Sultan Sharif ul Hashim, who reigned from 1450 to 1480, decreed the rules of succession in the sultanate. 1. “Bangsawan”—He must be descended from the first Sultan of Sulu. 2. “Ilmawan”—He must be a firm believer in Islam and must actively observe its principles, or is a performing Muslim. 3. “Rupawan”—He must be an upright Muslim Royal Datu with good moral value, physically and mentally fit, with exemplary character and a regal personality befitting the head of the Sultanate. 4. “Altawan”—He must have enough wealth to uphold the dignity of the Sultanate of Sulu. 5. “Umullan”—He must be of legal age and have wisdom and experience. He must be a male heir of twenty one years of age and above. 6. “Astanah ha Lupah Sug”—He must be a resident of the Sultanate of Sulu. 7. “Nahinang Raja Mudah”- He must be a Raja Mudah or a crowned Prince.

ESMAIL KIRAM II Esmail Kiram II, who was crowned in Jolo on March 12, 2001, is the sole and rightful Sultan of Sulu and North Borneo. He satisfies all of the traditional rules of succession, whereas no other member of the Kiram Family does, since all others lack some if not most of the qualifying factors. Sultan Esmail Kiram II was overwhelmingly endorsed by the rahyat of the Sulu Archipelago. On April 7, 2005, the Crown Prince and Royal Datus issued a statement of absolute recognition of Sultan Esmail Kiram II. Since his coronation, he has commenced a tremendous diplomatic mission to remind world leaders, especially in the ASEAN Region, that the Sulu Sultanate can serve as a critical instrument for peace, development, and diplomacy. The Sultanate of Sulu and North Borneo suffers from many problems, including a failed educational system, abysmal health care, terrible infrastructure, and constant military turmoil. There have been many great promises to Sulu, \but fewer results. In many ways, the people are worse off today than when the Europeans found them five hundred years .

THE SULU Datu Lajamura - May 23rd, 2006

SULTANATE

ASSETS.

THE SULU SULTANATE ASSETS: Estimated within USD$ 1.575 - 2.0 TRILLION +++, from 5 SOURCES (Infos recovered in 2006). 1. Yamashita Treasure: Under Sultan Johan E.Kandau Account (210,000 Mertic Tons of Gold Bullion to be split with 13 countries). The real Sultan of Sulu will entitle to get USD$100 Billion for the whole Philippines & USD$100 Billion more for Brunei country. (*Someone said that even Sultan Hassanal Bolkiah of Brunei could not entitle to get this monies of USD$100 Billions for Brunei country). 2.The Sultan of Sulu Assets in the Philippines: 400,000 Metric Tons were kept in Philippines Central Bank (Bangko Ang Philipinas) since 1949. If it will be claim by the real Sultan of Sulu, the Philippines should pay it about USD$925 Billion +++ to the real Sultan of Sulu. 3.The 8,000 Metric Tons of golds under the Trustee in Luxembourg, with estimated worthy = USD$ 50 Billion. 4. The Assets of the Sulu Sultanate in 300 Banks around the world under the name of "REV. GARCIA STA ROMANA" at about 62,500 Metric Tons golds with worth of about USD$360 Billion. AND, 5. The 6,000 Metric Tons of Gold Bullion which was deposited by the late President Soekarno under the name of "Sultan Bholkiah Toea" (Sultan Bolkiah Tua). As have connected blood with Sultan Bolkiah Tua, the real Sultan of Sulu will can claim from the assets at about USD$40 Billion. With all these assets, in future "The real Sultan of Sulu" will become "The Most Richest-Man in the world". Since the "First Heir-Apparent" (Sultan Azimuddin @ Alimuddin-I @ Fernando-I ibni Sultan Badaruddin-I) was "Baptisted" to be a "Christian's" at around 1748/50, he and his heirs or his successors (The Kiram & Shakiraullah Families -for nowdays time) RIGHT over the Sulu Sultanate "Assets, Properties & Territories" were "Abolished". Now, the assets just entitled to be claims by "The Sulu Sultanate Second heirapparent" (The Maharajah Adinda Families -the heirs & Successor of the Sultan Bantilan Muizzuddin ibni Sultan Badaruddin-I). And THE REAL SULTAN OF SULU (for nowdays time) must come from this families. The Untold Story of Prince Hadji Rodinood M. Sultan Julaspi Kiram The assets of the Sultan of Sulu and North Borneo, Sultan Jamalul Kiram consist of 617,500 MT of Au AND 500,000 pieces of 10-karat diamonds. This mass quantity of Au was brought to Manila in 1935, through the Sultan Julaspi’s father’s trustees namely, Julian Macleod Tallano (the grandson of Alfred Dent-one of the lesses of the Sultanate of Sulu and North Borneo/Sabah, circa January 4, 1878) and Reverend Father Antonio Diaz a.k.a. Col. Severino Santa Romana. All these assets were eventually transported to Vatican City in 1939 in the effort to protect them from the escalating World War II. After the World War II was over, particularly in 1949 the afore named trustees, with the assistance of then young and brilliant lawyer, Atty. Ferdinand E. Marcos brought back the Au to the

Philippines (Atty. Marcos would eventually become the Senate President, then elected as the President of the Philippines and would hold to the presidency for more than 20 years). For reasons of both safekeeping and assisting the stability of the reborne Philippine Republic, the Philippine government borrowed these assets on January 7, 1949 to augment and achieve the gold reserve of its newly instituted Philippine Central Bank. Because of the Sultan’s gold reserve with the Central Bank, the Philippine peso had stabilized in the period of 1949 to 1960, when the value of the peso against the dollar barely ranged from $1:P2 to $1:P4. Unknown to many the root cause of the Marcos-Macapagal conflict emanated from the illegal and secret transport by then Senate President Marcos of some three metric tons of Sultan’s gold reserve from the Philippine Central Bank to London and another seven metric tons to Zurich and Germany on September 23, 1963 without the permission of the Sultan’s son; Sultan Julaspi (since Sultan Jamalul was already dead at this time) and of then President Diosdado Macapagal. While the Sultanates 617,500 metric tons of gold bullion inventory at the Philippine Central Bank remained intact, in actuality some ten (10) metric tons thereof were forcibly withdrawn by the Senate Security force even in the presence of the Royal family’s caretaker; Rev. Father Antonio Diaz. When President Marcos became the President of the Philippines, a total of two hundred seventeen thousand (217,000) metric tons of the Royal family AU reserve were illegally transported between 1965 to 1970 to various countries such as, the Republic of China, Hong Kong (which was then a British colony), Switzerland, USA and the United Kingdom only four hundred thousand (400,000) metric tons remained of the Sultan’s gold reserve. In executing these illegal transfers, President Marcos and then Central Bank Governor Andres Castillo forcibly made Reverend Father Antonio Diaz, being the entrusted signatory to the Sultan’s AU bullion accounts, to sign the withdrawal of Marcos. From 1970 onwards, President Marcos no longer used the good Reverend father Antonio Diaz in his withdrawal, instead he convinced the only son of Sultan Jamalul Kiram named Sultan Julaspi to give him the full power of authority to withdraw the remaining gold reserve of the Sultanate. Sultan Julaspi Kiram who was then living in Malaysia (9 lorong Maarof, Off Jalan Bangsar, Kuala Lumpur) did not hesitate with Marcos idea. For one, it woud be his family’s opportunity to finally secure their assets and secondly, he gave his full trust to Marcos considering that he was a relative. With his full authority, President Marcos then transported the remaining AU reserve to various countries, that is China, Malaysia, Japan, Singapore, Saudi Arabia, Malaysia, Hong Kong, Papua New Guinea, Dubai, Korea, Thailand, Taiwan Germany, Canada, US, Pakistan, North Korea, Jordan, Norway, Spain, Australia, South Korea, Oman, UAE and a host of other countries. Although Marcos assigned the assets to different names, he managed to put on record that the real owner of this tremendous wealth is no other than the only surviving one and only son of Sultan Jamalul Kiram II; Sultan Julaspi Kiram. Different beneficiaries were assigned by Marcos to the different accounts in various banks worldwide. Many of the beneficiaries were heads of State, his own family members, some of his trusted military men, while a number of the accounts were in the names of Sta. Romana, Pedro Palafox, Clemente Santiago, William Morales, Bayaban, DNP and Evelinda Bobila under the master account “cactus Dahlia EB 101 that includes all the FLAT accounts and many others. Considering that these accounts were eventually traded worldwide, huge and tremendous cash accounts were created from the proceeds alone. These traded accounts, which in reality were owned by Sultan Julaspi Kiram, were managed by his relative ex President Marcos. In 1980, President Marcos persuaded Sultan Julaspi Kiram to return to the Philippines. Sultan Julaspi has been living in Malaysia with hopes from the promises of the Malaysian Government, through Prime Minister Tunku Abdul