SAYING it cannot remain silent on the cries of farmers, the Catholic Church on Monday called on President Benigno Aquino 3rd to complete his late mother’s unfinished legacy to provide lands to landless farmers as mandated by the Constitution.

Nueva Caceres Archbishop Roland Tria Tirona, head, National Secretariat for Social Action Justice and Peace/Caritas Philippines, said almost three decades have passed since the Comprehensive Agrarian Reform Program (CARP) was implemented but justice remains elusive to thousands of farmers who are yet to own their land.

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