Today marks the 23 anniversary of the peasant's march to Mendiola that end on bloodshed as 13 farmers died because of a violent dispersal. This happened during the administration of Cory Aquino whom his cousin, Eduardo 'Danding' Cojuangco owns the Hacienda Luisita in Tarlac.
The Mendiola Massacre paved the way to pass and sign the Comprehensive Agrarian Reform Law in 1988, but after what happened in Mendiola, the struggle continues for farmers to really own a land and not to be subjects to large landlords. As following adminstrations went by, there was no clear agenda of whether this lands be given to the rightful owners. Until another version of the Mendiola Massacre, this time in Tarlac, happened where 12 farmers and two children were killed on a violent dispersal in Hacienda Luisita.
Now that Noynoy Aquino running for the presidency on May 2010, the echoes of the two bloody uprisings will still haunt him and questions his integrity to address the issue of land reform. That is why I ask the pro-Noynoys to think very carefully of whom they are supporting with. They are supporting a candidate whose integrity is questioned by this massacres. They are supporting a candidate who has no clear stand on land reforms. You are being hypnotized by this candidate by using their "legacy". And if you vote him, it's not legacy anymore.
IT'S DYNASTY !!!
23 YEARS !!!STILL COUNTING!!!NO CLEAR LAND REFORMS!!!
ONLY A PRESIDENT WHO UNDERSTANDS THE FARMERS AND HAS NO CONNECTION WITH LANDLORDS IS NEEDED !!!
NO TO "LANDLORDISM" !!! YES TO A TRUE AND GENUINE LAND REFORM !!!
The Mendiola Massacre paved the way to pass and sign the Comprehensive Agrarian Reform Law in 1988, but after what happened in Mendiola, the struggle continues for farmers to really own a land and not to be subjects to large landlords. As following adminstrations went by, there was no clear agenda of whether this lands be given to the rightful owners. Until another version of the Mendiola Massacre, this time in Tarlac, happened where 12 farmers and two children were killed on a violent dispersal in Hacienda Luisita.
Now that Noynoy Aquino running for the presidency on May 2010, the echoes of the two bloody uprisings will still haunt him and questions his integrity to address the issue of land reform. That is why I ask the pro-Noynoys to think very carefully of whom they are supporting with. They are supporting a candidate whose integrity is questioned by this massacres. They are supporting a candidate who has no clear stand on land reforms. You are being hypnotized by this candidate by using their "legacy". And if you vote him, it's not legacy anymore.
IT'S DYNASTY !!!
23 YEARS !!!STILL COUNTING!!!NO CLEAR LAND REFORMS!!!
ONLY A PRESIDENT WHO UNDERSTANDS THE FARMERS AND HAS NO CONNECTION WITH LANDLORDS IS NEEDED !!!
NO TO "LANDLORDISM" !!! YES TO A TRUE AND GENUINE LAND REFORM !!!
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