Lawmaker junks Palace yarn on agrarian reform program By Charlie V. Manalo 01/24/2012

Lawmaker junks Palace yarn on agrarian reform program

By Charlie V. Manalo 01/24/2012

Anakpawis Rep. Rafael Mariano yesterday lashed out at Malacaangs unabashed claim that the recent developments in the Hacienda Luisita case indicate progress in land reform.

Since the presidency of Aquinos mother, the late President Corazon Cojuangco-Aquino, the government had been using Hacienda Luisita to grandstand the so-called achievements in land reform, Mariano said in a statement.

To regard as progress the delaying tactics by the Cojuangco-Aquino family to block distribution of Hacienda Luisita is an affront to Luisita farmer-beneficiaries and all farmers fighting against landlessness and land grabbing. Aquino did nothing but protect his familys immoral control over the disputed sugar estate, Mariano said..... MORE

Source:  The Daily Tribune

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