A group of farmers on Monday picketed in front of the National Irrigation Administration (NIA) office in Quezon City to protest the appointment of former Armed Forces chief Ricardo Visaya as administrator of the agency.
During Visaya’s term, he was the ground commander of the Northern Luzon Command in Central Luzon when many farmers were massacred in Hacienda Luisita, according to Kilusang Magbubukid ng Pilipinas Secretary General Milo Melegrito.
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