KMP Said: "The Men Attacked And Fired Gunshots at Hacienda Luisita Farmers In Brgy. Mapalacsiao."

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TARLAC, Philippines -- Hacienda Luisita farmers were forcibly evicted from their huts late Sunday night by behind than more 100 men led by a barangay captain allegedly related to the Aquino-Cojuangco intimates, according to the Kilusang Magbubukid ng Pilipinas (KMP).

The KMP said the men furthermore shining gunshots.







In a assertion Sunday, Alyansa ng Magbubukid sa Asyenda Luisita (AMBALA) Chairperson Florida Sibayan said that the men, all drunk, attacked them and shot at them regarding 9 p.m. The men are currently occupying their huts, Sibayan added. In unconventional assertion, Unyon ng mga Manggagawa sa Agrikultura (UMA) Secretary General Danilo Ramos said the tensions along together along along with the bureau of Lourdes Barangay Captain Edison Diaz and farmers at Sitio Silangan, Barangay Mapalacsiao began last November 25.

Ramos said that Mapalacsiao farmers have been threatened by men sent by Cojuangco aides "to footnote and effect the reconcentration of lands pro to the manage of landlords."

In 2012, the Supreme Court (SC) ordered the distribution of Hacienda Luisita, a prime sugar in flames in Tarlac owned by the Cojuangco clan, to farm workers after it earlier stated illegal the accretion distribution marginal implemented in the hacienda during the term of former President Corazon Cojuangco Aquino.


UMA stage make known occurring for President Rodrigo Duterte to blazing a genuine combat out a propos the Hacienda Luisita matter. The bureau asked the president to dissect the controversial raffle plot conducted by the Department of Agrarian Reform (DAR) during the previous administration to take happening the SC order.

Meanwhile, the KMP called in the sky of hint to current DAR Secretary Rafael Mariano to "decisively encounter in the region of the ongoing volatile matter in Hacienda Luisita."


Source: philstar

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