(published in the Philippine Daily Inquirer, August 18, 2010)
The compromise deal offered by the management of the Hacienda Luisita Inc. is a gross injustice to the farmers who have tilled the land. (Bishop slams land deal; Aquino challenged: Don’t skirt CARP law, 08/10/10)
President Aquino has promised to distribute the land but he has yet to fulfill his promise
Fourteen years of the stock distribution option left the farm workers impoverished. Far from being true shareholders of Hacienda Luisita, they only brought home P9.50 per day in wages.
