By MARVYN N. BENANING
Manila Bulletin
Militant farmers will not budge in their demand for the dismantling of
Hacienda Luisita and other large estates even under another Aquino presidency.
Peasants belonging to the Kilusang Magbubukid ng
Pilipinas (KMP) claimed that whoever sits in Malacañang would have to tackle the issue of the parceling of the 6,400-hectare estate in Tarlac.
It would be a major headache for Sen. Noynoy Aquino in case he wins the presidency in the May 10 elections, they said.
The KMP and its regional allies in Southern Luzon, the Central Luzon, Northern Luzon, Visayas and Mindanao are pressing government to also junk the Comprehensive Agrarian Reform Program-Extension with Reform (CARPER) Law and replace it with House Bill 3059 or the Genuine Agrarian Reform Bill (GARB) filed by the late Anakpawis Rep. Crispin Beltran.
Bayan Muna Rep. Satur Ocampo and Gabriela Rep. Liza Maza had taken the cudgels for the farmers, who lost at least eight colleagues when soldiers and police allegedly fired at their picket line in November, 2004.
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