There are only walls and enclosures while rich agricultural lands are prevented from being productive. Victims of the Hacienda Luisita Massacre still seek for justice. But in the very backyard of the Cojuangco-Aquino family itself, a 6, hectare-sugarland estate in the province of Tarlac, more popularly known as Hacienda Luisita, has yet to be significantly distributed to its farmworkers or agrarian reform beneficiaries ARB.
Forevermore ang panlilinlang, pandadahas, at pangangamkam Here in Hacienda, forever exists. It caused chaos, disunity, and confusion among farmworker beneficiaries. Long-time tillers were pitted against each other as allocated farmlots were reshuffled, mixed-up, and muddled.
Ka Pong was among hundreds of farmworkers in barangay Balete, Tarlac City that got assigned lots in barangays Pando and Mabilog — over km away, in the municipality of Concepcion, Tarlac.
The bloody row is also the third massacre case involving the Cojuangco clan and a member of its family. The other two were the Mendiola Massacre that killed 13 peasants on Jan. Both carnages took place during the time of Pres. Corazon Cojuangco Aquino. At present, the remains of the slain victims lie at the gates of Hacienda Luisita.
They also averred to regroup and restore the picketlines, stressing that the bloodshed all the more fortified their resolve to continue with the fight. Yesterday, an independent fact-finding mission was held simultaneous with the visit of four Representatives from progressive party-list groups Anakpawis, Bayan Muna and Gabriela.
The four militant lawmakers, accompanied by workers and representatives from other sectors, went to the Hacienda to gather testimonies and evidence on the bloody dispersal. They were initially barred from entering the gates but were allowed to after a minute negotiation. The said party-list groups have asked the Congress to form a Congressional committee to conduct a full-dress investigation of the massacre and the issues being raised by the striking farm and sugarcane workers. Even with the carnage, charges of assault, illegal assembly, inciting to sedition and malicious mischief are being readied against the strikers.
There is a snowball of protest over the overkill reaction use of armed personnel carriers, high-caliber rifles and M machine gun of the military and police that led to the massacre. The Cojuangco family is in hot waters today, owing to their primary responsibility to the carnage.
Tomas, who is being held liable to the massacre because of the deputization of the police and military to enforce her Assumption of Jurisdiction order. In utter desperation to cover-up their culpability in this crime, the Cojuangco family, the DOLE and the military connive to obfuscate and hide the real issues behind the carnage by saying that the strikers are not legitimate workers.
They also maliciously insinuate that leftist elements have infiltrated the strike and agitated the people to fight. Meanwhile, former Pres. Aquino can only offer prayers while Pres. Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo offered nothing but to plead for sobriety in the two camps. The SC directed the creation of a task force after HLI claimed it does not have the original copies of the transfer documents, which have either been submitted to the Registry of Deeds or given to the FWBs.
Previously, in compliance with the Court's directive to implement the main decision and subsequent resolutions on the case, DAR began the process of validating the list of home lot awardees.
It found out, among others, the total home lot area and the number of FWBs awarded with home lot titles. The activity was the culmination of a 3-day people's cultural caravan from Metro Manila to Tarlac, which carried the theme "land, justice, and peace. Activists throw red paint against the logo of the Central Azucarera de Tarlac during the 12th anniversary of the Hacienda Luisita massacre. Dax Simbol.
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