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CARPER: Latest Episode in the Battle for Agrarian Reform |
by Walden Bello*
When I joined the House of Representatives a few weeks ago, I did not expect to be immediately thrust into heated debates on what have probably been the two most controversial pieces of legislation of this decade: the Constitutional Assembly resolution and the bill extending the Comprehensive Agrarian Reform Law or CARPER.
House Resolution 1109 or “Con-Ass” was not too difficult to deal with since it was pure mischief, a transparent ploy on the part of the president’s allies in the House to constitutionally legitimize her indefinite stay in power in order to keep her out of jail when, as mandated by the present charter, she leaves office on June 30, 2010.
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Burn that House down and rise from the ashes |
by Aya Fabros
Everyone seems to be getting extremely worked up these days. If there’s anything good that came out of the midnight coup in Congress, it’s the way it has shaken things up somehow people are on their toes again. This is a significant shift from where we were just a couple of weeks ago, when the general disposition was just to wait things out. Against the harsh glare of recent events, the pitfalls of such a stance become stark and magnified, sneering and jeering at us. Our problem is this-- things just keep happening to us, we just keep getting screwed over, while we’re sitting it out on the sidelines.
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PAKISAMA Statement on the Assassination of Renato Penas, National Vice-President |
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PAKISAMA condemns in strongest possible terms the dastardly and
cowardly assassination of our leader, Renato Penas (51) last night,
around 11 P.M., while on his motorcycle with two companions to his farm
in San Vicente, Sumilao, Bukidnon.
While his companions survived, the assassins made sure Ka Rene would
not. Crawling after the first volley of fire, he was shot again, and
three shotgun bullets fatally pierced his chest and back.
Who could have caused the death of a man whose life was dedicated to serving the landless farmers?
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