Thousands of farm workers have urged Agrarian Reform Secretary Rafael Mariano to “immediately distribute and subdivide” 12 haciendas that are supposedly under the control of business tycoon Eduardo “Danding” Cojuangco Jr.

The 1,200 farm workers who had organized themselves into ECJ CLOA (Eduardo Cojuangco Jr. Certificate of Land Ownership Award) Holders Association went to the Department of Agrarian Reform last September 14 to remind Mariano of a demand they made to him last August 13 about ending a 19-year-old agrarian reform project of Cojuangco that they described as “fake.”

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