Editing Muntinlupa (section)

===Philippine independence===
On November 12, 1963, in the early morning of election day, [[Nacionalista Party|Nacionalista]] mayoralty candidate Maximino A. Argana was talking to his bodyguards at his home when he managed to avoid bullets that were fired at him by unknown gunmen.<ref>{{cite news|title=Eight persons slain in poll violence|work=[[The Manila Times]]|publisher=The Manila Times Publishing Company, Inc.|date=November 13, 1963|page=12-A|quote=In Muntinlupa, the PNS said, Manuel Argana [sic], [[Nacionalista Party|NP]] mayoralty candidate, was talking to bodyguards at his home in barrio [[Alabang]] at 3 a.m. yesterday when unidentified men suddenly opened fire.}}</ref> Incumbent mayor Francisco de Mesa later won reelection, defeating Argana. On March 18, 1964, mayor de Mesa was assassinated by a gunman, and was succeeded by his vice mayor Demetrio Loresca.<ref>{{Cite court|litigants=Magdalena Sibulo vda. de Mesa v. Hon. Eulogio Mencias|reporter=The Lawphil Project|date=October 29, 1966|url=https://lawphil.net/judjuris/juri1966/oct1966/gr_l-24583_1966.html|accessdate=February 16, 2025}}</ref>

On November 7, 1975, Muntinlupa was transferred from the Province of [[Rizal (province)|Rizal]] to the newly formed [[Metro Manila|Metropolitan Manila]] by virtue of Presidential Decree No. 824 issued by then-President [[Ferdinand Marcos]].<ref name="PD824">{{cite PH act|chamber=PD|number=824|url=http://www.lawphil.net/statutes/presdecs/pd1975/pd_824_1975.html|title=Creating the Metropolitan Manila and the Metropolitan Manila Commission and for Other Purposes|date=November 7, 1975|access-date=July 10, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160312121648/http://lawphil.net/statutes/presdecs/pd1975/pd_824_1975.html|archive-date=March 12, 2016|url-status=live|website=Lawphil}}</ref>

On June 13, 1986, following the [[People Power Revolution|EDSA Revolution]] in February of that year, President [[Corazón Aquino|Corazón C. Aquino]] appointed [[Ignacio Bunye|Ignacio R. Bunye]] as Officer-in-Charge of Muntinlupa as part of a nationwide revamp of local government units.  In the ratification of the [[1987 Constitution]], Muntinlupa together with [[Las Piñas]] formed one political district.

On January 31, 1988, protesters of the [[1988 Philippine local elections|1988 Muntinlupa election]] results who barricaded in front of the Muntinlupa town hall the past two days began storming the premises, with supporters of the two leading mayoral candidates confronting each other and causing injury to former mayor Santiago Carlos Jr. and barangay official Florante Torres among others.<ref>{{cite news|last=Torres|first=Radito|title=Protesters storm M'lupa town hall|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=l5AtAAAAIBAJ|access-date=May 11, 2024|work=[[Manila Standard]]|publisher=Standard Publications, Inc.|date=February 2, 1988|pages=1–2}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|last=Torres|first=Radito|title=Bunye named Munti winner|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=mJAtAAAAIBAJ|access-date=May 11, 2024|work=[[Manila Standard]]|publisher=Standard Publications, Inc.|date=February 3, 1988|pages=1–2|quote=The move followed a violent dispersal of protesters manning a barricade in front of the municipal building last Sunday [January 31].}}</ref> By February 17, a grenade that failed to explode was found to have been thrown onto the roof of mayor-elect Bunye's house in Alabang.<ref>{{cite news|last=Torres|first=Radito|title=Makati building bombed|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=pZAtAAAAIBAJ&pg=PA2|access-date=May 11, 2024|work=[[Manila Standard]]|publisher=Standard Publications, Inc.|date=February 18, 1988|pages=2}}</ref> On December 6, 1988, President [[Corazón Aquino|Corazon C. Aquino]] by Proclamation 351 declares December 19 as "Municipality of Muntinlupa Day".<ref>{{cite PH act|url=https://www.officialgazette.gov.ph/1988/12/06/proclamation-no-351-s-1988/|title=Declaring Monday, December 19, 1988, as "Municipality of Muntinlupa Day"|chamber=PP|number=351, s. 1988|date=December 6, 1988|accessdate=April 24, 2022|website=[[Official Gazette (Philippines)|Official Gazette of the Republic of the Philippines]]}}</ref>