DAR lashed for colluding with big landlords

MILITANT peasant group Kilusang Magbubukid ng Pilipinas (KMP) on Monday assailed the Department of Agrarian Reform (DAR) for collusion with big landlords including the family of President Benigno Aquino 3rd and Interior Secretary Mar Roxas on development plans in Hacienda Luisita in Tarlac province and Hacienda Araneta in Bulacan province.

“It is now clear that the DAR’s shrinking of lands covered in Hacienda Luisita and the exemption from coverage of Hacienda Araneta were all in accordance with the land use and development scheme,” Antonio Flores, the group’s secretary general, said.