Luisita referendum not needed — SC
By Benjamin B. Pulta 08/15/2011The Supreme Court (SC) has clarified that a referendum is not needed to resolve the controversy involving the implementation of the government’s agrarian reform program in the controversial Hacienda Luisita, which is owned by the family of President Aquino, in Tarlac province.
Contrary to the claim of its critics, the high tribunal did not require in its July 5, 2011 decision a referendum among the original 6,296 farmworker-beneficiaries (FWBs), but instead leaves it to the individual farmer to decide whether he or she wants to remain as stockholder or acquire a piece of agricultural land, Court Administrator and SC spokesman Jose Midas Marquez said.
A referendum is called to settle or decide an important public issue through a majority or popular vote.
In the SC decision on Hacienda Luisita, a majority vote is not required since the choice of an FWB would not affect the other qualified beneficiaries, Marquez said..... MORE
Source: The Daily Tribune
URL: http://www.tribuneonline.org/headlines/20110815hed2.html
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