Decision 29 G.R. No. 224469 party list For three consecutive terms after the ratification of this Constitution, one-half of the seats allocated to party-list representatives shall be filled, as provided by law, by selection or election from the labor, peasant, urban porn:, indigenous cultural communities, women, youth, and such other sectors as may be provided by law, except the religious sector. XXX XXX XXX ARTICLE XII National Economy and Patrimony XXX XXX XXX SECTION 5. The State, subject to the provisions of this Constitution and national development policies and programs, shall protect the rights of indigenous cultural communities to their ancestral lands to ensure their economic, social, and cultural well-being. The Congress may provide for the applicability of customary laws governing property rights or relations in determining the ownership and extent of ancestral domain .. XXX XXX XXX ARTICLE XIII Social Justice and Human Rights XXX XXX XXX SECTION 6. The State shall apply the principles of agrarian reform or stewardship, whenever applicable in accordance with law, in the disposition or utilization of other natural resources, including lands of the public domain under lease or concession suitable to agriculture, subject to prior rights, homestead rights of small settlers, and the rights of indigenous communities to their ancestral lands. The State may resettle landless farmers and farmworkers in its own agricultural estates which shall be distributed to them in the manner provided by law. XXX XXX XXX ARTICLE XIV Education, Science and· Technology, Arts, Culture, and Sports Education XXX XXX XXX SECTION 17. The State shall recognize, respect, and protect the rights of indigenous cultural communities to preserve and develop their cultures, traditions, and institutions. It shall consider these rights in the formulation of national plans and policies. XXX XXX ARTICLE XVI General Provisions XXX