MANILA, Philippines -- Acknowledging the difficulty of passing the proposed extension of the Comprehensive Agrarian Reform Program before the Christmas break, the Senate has initiated a resolution with the House of Representatives to extend the program for another six months, Majority Floor Leader Juan Miguel Zubiri disclosed Tuesday.
Zubiri said the joint resolution was being circulated among senators for their signatures.
Zubiri said Speaker Prospero Nograles, in a meeting in Malacañang earlier on Tuesday, has agreed to the resolution.
If approved by both houses, the program will be extended until June 30, 2009.
The program is set to expire this December.
Zubiri also cited the difficulty of the House to get the required numbers to pass the CARP extension bill as a reason for the Senate decision to draft the joint resolution.
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