President Benigno Aquino 3rd has certified as urgent a Senate bill extending the land acquisition and distribution component of the Comprehensive Agrarian Reform Program (CARP), which is due to end in three months.

Aquino on Tuesday held a closed-door dialogue with six leaders of farmers’ organizations in Malacanang and promised to fully implement the agrarian reform program by 2016.

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