Hacienda Luisita farmers rejoice but still vigilant over SC decision
“Now that the SC has decided in favor of Luisita farmers and farm
workers, the burden of implementation is with the President’s family the
Cojuangco-Aquinos and the Department of Agrarian Reform.” – Anakpawis
Rep. Rafael Mariano
By RONALYN V. OLEA
Bulatlat.com
MANILA – Felix Nacpil Jr., 39, along with some 40 farm workers, left
Hacienda Luisita early morning to get a copy of the Supreme Court (SC)
decision, Nov. 24.
On board two jeepneys, they arrived at the SC at around 9 a.m.They waited until noon to get hold of a 56-page resolution
penned by Associate Justice Presbitero Velasco on the motion for
reconsideration filed by their group Alyansa ng Magbubukid sa Hacienda
Luisita (Ambala).
Voting 14-0, the high court granted their petition and unanimously
ordered the distribution of 4,916 hectares of Hacienda Luisita lands to
the original 4,296 original farmworker beneficiaries (FWBs). It
modified its July 5, 2011 ruling ordering the Department of Agrarian
Reform (DAR) to hold a referendum to let the Luisita farmers choose
between owning shares of stocks in Hacienda Luisita Inc. or getting
portions of the more than 6,000-hectare estate..... MORE
Source: Bulatlat.com
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mahigit kalahating siglo ang paghihintay na ginawa diyan sa hacienda luisita na iyan. kund hindi pa nagresbakan ang dalawang kampo ng dilaw na ito, oo.
"“We are not relaxing. They are still in power. They can reclaim the land from us in whatever way. We cannot trust them. From the start, we know how clever they are,” Nacpil, acting chairman of the Ambala, said, referring to the Cojuangco-Aquinos.
"Nacpil’s apprehension is without basis. He said the land should have been distributed to them in 1967 if only the Cojuangcos complied with the conditions set by the Central Bank the Government Service Insurance System (GSIS) when they acquired loans to purchase the land. “They did not comply and five decades have passed since,” he said."
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