‘Clueless’ Noy claims to have divested from HLI By Aytch S. de la Cruz and Benjamin B. Pulta 08/17/2010

‘Clueless’ Noy claims to have divested from HLI

By Aytch S. de la Cruz and Benjamin B. Pulta 08/17/2010 President Aquino yesterday virtually admitted that he is clueless on what to do with his relatives’ as well as the farm beneficiaries’ woes at the Hacienda Luisita Inc. (HLI) and that he has already divested all his shares which is why he is trying to maintain a hands-off policy as much as possible on this longstanding agrarian issue. Aquino reiterated his lone defense that he now has zero interest in the HLI since he has already divested thereby leaving the matter between the owners, who are his relatives from the Cojuangco side, and the farmers who toil in the sugar estate for years now. He did not say to whom he has divested his shares, just as his late mother did, but he argued that only the interested and concerned parties can settle these issues among themselves because it is they who have direct involvement in the HLI farmlands, not himself. “If I would allow myself to intervene, it’s as if I am It is as if I am meddling into this issue. But as I said, the people are my boss and they (HLI farmers) are part of them. They are the ones who have interests there. They should tell me straight which direction we must take,” Aquino told Palace reporters in a chance interview..... MORE Source:  The Daily Tribune URL: http://www.tribuneonline.org/headlines/20100817hed3.html

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