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Sunday, May 18, 2008 |
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SPECIAL REPORT: CARP EXTENSION |
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Bishops: Extend CARP
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Landlords doubt Congress can pass law before June 13
adjournment
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Who has more clout with senators and
congressmen—the Catholic bishops or the landlords? We will know by
June 13, when Congress adjourns. If by that Friday, Congress has
passed the law extending the life of CARP—a strange fish abhorrent
to most landlords for being the Comprehensive Agrarian Reform
Program—then the bishops and the landless farmers have won.
Otherwise, critics of Congress—mainly
left-of-center ones—can crow that they have again been proved
right that most of our lawmakers are landlords and their allies.
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O T H E R R E P O R T S
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Pro-landlord expert says law
must be drastically amended
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Undoubtedly, one of the most contentious issues
of the year is whether Congress will extend the coverage of the
Comprehensive Agrarian Reform Program (CARP) under R.A. 6657 or the
Comprehensive Agrarian Reform Law (CARL) of 1988. CARP’s funding
ends on June 10, 2008—but did its life not end in 1998?
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Bishops’ call is for both extension and reform
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The bishops of the Catholic Church are leading
the campaign for the extension of the Comprehensive Agrarian Reform
Program (CARP).
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What consolidated CARP
House-Senate bill contains
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The consolidated House Bill that extends CARP
for five years beyond 2008 reacts to the current rice crisis, in a
way proving that agrarian reform is actually intended to resolve
many kinds of crises affecting small farmers.
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