Post-CARP ‘superbody’ seen to worsen landgrabbing
An inter-agency committee created by President Aquino will ensure another extension of the Comprehensive Agrarian Reform Program (CARP), minus the Department of Agrarian Reform (DAR). In a statement, peasant group Kilusang Magbubukid ng Pilipinas expressed opposition to what it dubs as an “agrarian reform superbody,” which it fears would exacerbate existing landlessness under the government’s […]