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LP Presidential bet Senator Benigno 'Noynoy' Aquino III has vowed to
complete the distribution of over a million hectares of private lands during
the five-year extension period of the agrarian reform law.
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Aquino said this would allow government to pour more funds into agricultural
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farmerbeneficiaries. the elections, and the issues that
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Some P150 billion have been allocated under CARPER (CARP Extension
with Reforms), which was signed into law in August last year, to purchase Email Address:
the remaining 1-1.5 million hectares of private land in the next five years.

Aquino also disclosed that he has already asked his “extended family” to
find ways and means to transfer the assets of Hacienda Luisita to
farmerbeneficiaries.

“This should be done debt-free to allow the farmers to begin without any
financial baggage,” he said.

Aquino said while the family could avail of the voluntary offer to sell option
provided by CARPER, he did not think it would be in the better interest of
the 10,000 farmer- beneficiaries.

“At P10 per square meter, that would be 4.5 billion pesos for 4,500 hectares.
That will take care of our debts. Wala nang maibabatikos sa aking issue.
But if we do that, the 10,000 farmers will only get less than one hectare and
that will not be enough for a single individual, much less an entire family to
live on.”

Aquino said that in working out a solution on the Hacienda Luisita issue,
75% of the shareholders of HLI, which would include the farmer-
beneficiaries, should agree to any plan.

"So doon as transfer, ang gusto ng aming pamilya ay huwag maiilipat ang
burden sa kanila. Ang gusto ng aming pamilya ay makapagsimula sila nang
maganda, at hindi sila naguumpisa na parang nasa mission impossible. Ang
6 mahalaga sa aming pamilya ay makaumpisa sila ng maganda at may
magandang hinaharap."

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