SC asked to reverse ruling on Luisita case By Benjamin B. Pulta 07/21/2011

SC asked to reverse ruling on Luisita case

By Benjamin B. Pulta 07/21/2011
A group has asked the Supreme Court (SC) to reverse its earlier ruling on the controversial Hacienda Luisita case.

In a 78-page motion for reconsideration (MR), the Alyansa ng mga Manggawang Bukid sa Hacienda Luisita (AMBALA) through its lawyer Jobert Ilarde Pahilga said the Hacienda Luisita should be distributed directly to the farm workers.

“The SDO in HLI did not improve but had further thrust the farm workers deep into the quagmire of poverty. Several years after its implementation, the farm workers remained in a state of destitution and misery. There is no more reason therefore for the continued operation of the scheme. The land should now be distributed to the farm workers. In the first place, this sprawling agricultural estate rightfully, legally, morally and historically belongs to them,” the group said.

Ambala said the Court should not have ruled that Section 31 of Republic Act 6657 or the Comprehensive Agrarian Reform Law (CARL), which allows stock distribution as a mode of compliance to the Comprehensive Agrarian Reform Program (CARP), is constitutional..... MORE

Source:  The Daily Tribune

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