ANGELES CITY- The Kilusang Magbubukid ng Pilipinas (KMP) accused yesterday the Department of Agrarian Reform (DAR) of coercing beneficiaries of land reform in Hacienda Luisita into signing a promissory note for the payment of compensation to the President’s family.
The KMP noted the “massive presence of heavily armed policemen and special weapons and tactics (SWAT) teams and other cops as the DAR started to raffle off yesterday awards over hacienda lots in Barangay Cutcut in the estate in Tarlac.
The DAR is slated to go to the other hacienda barangays also to raffle off land awards.
“The DAR, with the help of heavily armed police, is thus virtually forcing Hacienda Luisita farmworkers into the scheme designed by the Cojuangco-Aquinos to divide the ranks of the farmworkers,” said KMP secretary general Antonio Flores.
