HELLO EVERYONE AND WELCOME TO ABS-CNN’S THE TALK.
LIVE HERE AT THE ABS CNN’S NEWSROOM
IM HIRO NAKAGAWA
AND IM AIZEL MABANGLO
IN CHORUS- DELIVERING NEWS UPDATES WHERE WE COMBINE THE HEADLINES WITH IN DEPTH
CONVERSATION, LOCALLY AND GLOBALLY.
HIRO - SO LAST WEEK, WE ACTUALLY DISCUSSED JUICY TOPICS ON CERTAIN CIVIL LAW
PROVISIONS AND NOW WERE ACTUALLY UP WITH A VERY INTERESTING TOPIC FOR TODAY,
WHICH WOULD BE ON AGRARIAN LAW.
HAVE YOU HEARD ABOUT THIS ONE PARTNER?
AIZEL- HMM, AGRARIAN LAW. HMMM NOT MUCH, YOU KNOW WHAT, IVE HEARD SOME
DETAILS ABOUT IT, BUT I NEVER HAD THE TIME TO ACTUALLY PONDER ON IT.
HIRO: THEN THIS IS YOUR LUCKY DAY PARTNER, COZ WE WILL BE DISCUSSING THE IMPORTANT
FEATURES OF THIS LAW, SOME TELEVIEWERS SAY ITS NOT A TIMELY TOPIC, OTHERS SAY ITS
NOT THE MOST POPULAR LAW OUT THERE BUT TO ME, IT DEFINITELY IS A TIMELY ONE
BECAUSE IT IMPACTS ONE OF THE MOST MARGINALIZED PEOPLE IN OUR SECTOR, WHICH ARE
THE FARMERS.
AIZEL: WOW, THAT’S AMAZING. I WOULD LOVE TO HEAR MORE ABOUT IT.
HIRO: SO WITH THAT, LETS GO AHEAD AND ENTERTAIN OUR DEAR VIEWERS AND OPEN OUR
HOTLINE FOR SOME INTERESTING QUESTIONS ABOUT AGRARIAN LAW.
1ST CALLER HELLO: HI MR NAKAGAWA AND MISS MABANGLO, IM MRS. OBAMA FROM MAKATI
CITY, IN A NUTSHELL, HOW DO YOU ACTUALLY DEFINE AGRARIAN LAW?
HIRO - THANK YOU FOR THAT QUESTION MISS OBAMA, YOUR QUESTION WAS GREATLY
EXPOUNDED IN SEC 3 OF THE AGRARIAN LAW. IT REFERS TO THE DISTRIBUTION OF PUBLIC
AGRICULTURAL LANDS, LARGE ESTATES AND REGULATION OF LANDOWNER AND FARMER WHO
WORKS ON THE LAND. SO, IT IS THE LAW THAT BINDS BOTH THE FARMER AND THE LAND THEY
TIL OR WORK ON. TO GIVE YOU AN OVERVIEW, THIS AGRARIAN LAW ORIGINATED WAY BACK
DURING THE SPANISH PERIOD, THAT DURING THOSE TIMES SEVERAL ACTS WERE MADE TO
INTRODUCE CHANGES IN THE AGRICULTURAL SECTOR.
AIZEL – OH YES, I REMEMBER, IT WAS ACTUALLY THE TIME OF THE LATE PRESIDENT CORAZON
AQUINO WHEN UNDER THE TRANSITORY PROVISIONS OF THE 1987 CONSTITUTION THAT SHE
ISSUED A PRESIDENTIAL DECREE TO DECLARE FULL OWNERSHIP IN FAVOR OF BENEFICIARIES.
AFTER WHICH, THE CARP LAW WAS ENACTED, WHICH WAS ELUCIDATED IN SEC. 1 OF THE CODE
AS THE CPMREHENSIVE AGRARIAN REFORM LAW WHICH WAS ENACTED JUNE 10, 1988.
HIRO- THAT WAS SHARP PARTNER. YOURE RIGHT. THE CARP LAW PROVIDED CERTAIN
PRINCIPLES AND POLICIES TO PURSUE THE COMPREHENSIVE AGRARIAN REFORM PROGRAM.
IT WAS EMPHASIZED IN SEC 2, THAT ITS PRIMARY OBJECTIVE OF AGRARIAN REFORM IS TO
BREAK UP AGRICULTURAL LANDS AND TRANSFORM THEM INTO ECONOMIC SIZE FARMS TO BE
OWNED BY THE FARMERS THEMSELVES, WITH THE END IN VIEW OF UPLIFTING THEIR SOCIO
ECONOMIC STATUS,
MS OBAMA - SO MR NAKAGAWA AND MS MABANGLO, YOURE SAYING THAT THIS AGRARIAN
LAW IS EXCLUSIVE TO LAND, TO RAISE LIVESTOCK, POULTRY AND SWINE CLASSIFIED AS
INDUSTRIAL NOT AGRICULTURAL HENCE, EXEMPT FROM AGRARIAN REFORM PROGRAM?
AIZEL – YES MISS OBAMA. ACTUALLY, IF MY MEMORY SERVES ME RIGHT, IT WAS FURTHER
ELABORATED IN THE CASE OF LUZ FARMS VS SEC. OF AGRARIAN REFORM WHERE THE SC
DECLARED UNCONSTITUTIONAL THE INLCUSION OF LANDS DEVOTED TO RAISING THE
LIVESTOCK, POULTRY OR SWINE FARMING. THAT LIVESTOCK, POULTRY AND SWINE DO NOT
SPROUT FROM THE LAND, HENCE, THEY ARE NOT FRUITS OF THE LAND.
HIRO: VERY WELL SAID PARTNER. AND NOW FOR OUR LAST CALLER, LETS HEAR IT FROM MISS
KENNEDY OF TAGUIG CITY.
MISS KENNEDY: HELLO AND GOOD MORNING MISS MABANGLO AND MR NAKAGAWA OF ABS
CNN NEWS, I WOULD LIKE TO ASK IF ALL LANDS ARE BEING GOVERNED BY THIS CAR LAW, AND
IF SO, ON WHAT EXTENT?
MS. MABANGLO: THAT’S AN INTERESTING QUESTION YOU HAVE THERE MISS KENNEDY. AS A
GENERAL RULE, CAR LAW COVERS THE FF LANDS,
UNDER SEC 4 OF THE CAR LAW, IT STATED ITS SCOPE WHICH, ALL PUBLIC AND PRIVATE
AGRICULTURAL LANDS AND OTHER LANDS OF THE PUBLIC DOMAIN SUITABLE FOR
AGRICULTURE.
BUT AN EXCEPTION TO THE RULE WOULD BE WHEN
AIZEL: I KNOW MY PARTNER KNOWS THIS, GO RIGHT AHEAD PARTNER.
HIRO: OH YES, EXCEPTION TO LANDS NOT COVERED BY THE AGRARIAN REFORM LAW WOULD
BE 4 RULES, 1ST, IF YOU HAVE A PRIVATE LAND WITH A TOTAL AREA OF 5 HECTARES AND
BELOW, 2ND LANDS USED DIRECTLY AND EXCLUSIVELY, TAKE NOTE EXCLUSIVELY FOR PARKS,
WILDLIFE FOREST RESERVES ETC, 3RD WHEN A PRIVATE LAND IS USED DIRECTLY AND
EXCLUSIVELY FOR PRAWN FARM AND FISHPONDS AND LAST BUT NOT THE LEAST, LANDS
FOUND TO BE NECESSARY, FOR HERE ARE JUST A FEW:
NATIONAL DEFENSE, SCHOOL SITE, CHURCH SITE, BURIAL GROUND AND RESEARCH.
AIZEL: THIS DISCUSSION OPENS UP A LOT OF INTERESTING FACTS ABOUT THE AGRARIAN LAW,
DOESN’T IT PARTNER? SO, LETS SHIFT THE TABLE TO OUR BEST NEWS ANCHORS IN THE FIELD
TO BRING US THE LATEST UPDATE ON THIS ONE. LOUIE SOMEROS.
