JOINT PARCCOM/PTFPL Resolution NO.

001-2018
Series of 2018

A RESOLUTION RECOMMENDING TO THE CONGRESS THROUGH THE PRESIDENTIAL AGRARIAN

REFORM COUNCIL FOR INCLUSION OF THE DEPARTMENT OF AGRARIAN REFORM AS PART OF THE
GOVERNMENT AGENCIES UNDER THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT SYSTEM.

WHEREAS, the provincial Agrarian Reform Coordinating Committee (PARCCOM), under the
Presidential Agrarian Reform Council (PARC), is tasked to coordinate and monitor the implementation Of
the Comprehensive Agrarian Reform Program (CARP).

WHEREAS, with the impending implementation Of the Federal Government System in the
Philippines, it is with due respect that the PARCCOM of Region Vlll respectfully presents and expresses
the following issues and concerns;

WHEREAS, the Agrarian Reform Beneficiaries Of the Department catering the poorest Of the
poor that would have a grave effect if decentralized since the Departments capability to offer support
services to these farmers would be greatly reduced from its present capacity resulting in limited support
to our Agrarian Reform Beneficiaries(ARBs).

WHEREAS, in the implementation of the Agrarian Reform Program, action must as well be made
to minimize if not eradicate the politicized State Of the programs being implemented according to the
political biases of our local leaders which can be prevented through the centralization of the
Department Of Agrarian Reform.
 
WHEREAS, it must be taken into consideration the degree of implementation of the
Comprehensive Agrarian Reform Program Region Vlll, taking into account that the full implementation
of the said program has not yet been completed. Centralizing the Department of Agrarian Reform will
ensure the continuation of the implementation of the said program to the benefit of our Agrarian
Reform Program Beneficiaries.

WHEREAS, the effective maintenance and further improvement of the Implementation of the
Agrarian Reform Programs including its sub-programs established by the Department and PARCCOM of
the respective provinces can only be done thru the Centralized Department.

WHEREAS, the further improvement and monitoring of the Agrarian Reform Landholdings and
the delivery of Agrarian Reform Beneficiaries Development and Sustainability Programs can only be
achieved if the Department would be under the Centralized Federal Government for its effective
implementation .
 PARCCOM RESOLUTION NO. 04-2017

A RESOLUTION EXPRESSING OUR SUPPORT TO HOUSE BILL NO. 555 OR THE

GENUINE AGRARIAN REFORM BILL (GARB) AND REQUESTING THAT
PROVINCIAL AGRARIAN REFORM COMMITTEE (PARCCOM) AND BARANGAY
AGRARIAN REFORM COMMITTEE (BARC) BE FURTHER STRENGTHEN AND
REVITALIZE BY PROVIDING APPROPRIATE AND SUFFICIENT FUNDS THEREOF

WHEREAS, agrarian reform is the main content Of the demand for social justice and the key
component of democratization in our country because it lays the ground for the economic, political,
social and cultural emancipation Of the peasant masses, which comprise the majority class in the
Philippine society;

WHEREAS, the past and present laws on land reform enacted by the State have failed to address
the centuries-old problem of landlessness, thereby further subjecting the peasantry to layers of social
injustices and exploitation

WHEREAS, the inherent flaws of CARP and its extension law were used by landowners to evade
actual land distribution and re-concentrate the lands to strengthen their land monopoly over vast tracts
of landholdings in the countryside;
 
WHEREAS, to correct the historical social injustices Of CARP and advance the peasantry's
interest for a genuinely redistributive and thoroughgoing land reform program, it is imperative to
legislate and implement a new land reform program that is strongly grounded on social justice;

WHEREAS, genuine agrarian reform and national industrialization are two equally important
factors that will foster genuine economic development and prosperity for the Filipino people;

WHEREAS, genuine agrarian reform will transform the countryside as a market of industrial
goods with agriculture as foundation Of the economy that will ensure the food requirements of the
population and the supply of raw materials needed to further develop industries;

WHEREAS, genuine agrarian reform intends for the free distribution of land to farmers and
anyone willing to till the soil, and will unburden farmers, especially poor peasants, from land
amortization payment, and will consequently allow the peasantry to focus on improving agricultural
production towards rural development and unleash their full capacity as the country's major productive
force;

WHEREAS, House Bill No. 555 or the Genuine Agrarian Reform Bill (GARB) failed to include or
mentioned Provincial Agrarian Reform Committee (PARCCOM) and Barangay Agrarian Reform
Committee (BARC) which have vital and critical roles in the implementation Of agrarian reform at the
grass roots level:
WHEREAS, the continued existence and Strengthened PARCCOM as well as BARC are indispensable
partners in the socio economic development in the countryside;

NOW THEREFORE, on motion of PARCCOM member duly seconded by PARCCOM member__________,

BE IT . . .

RESOLVED, as it is hereby resolved by the body expressing our support to House Bill NO. 555 or the
Genuine Agrarian Reform Bill and requesting that PARCCOM as well as BARC be further strengthen and
revitalize by providing appropriate funds thereof.

RESOLVED FURTHER, that a copy of this resolution be furnished to the PARC, for consideration and

APPROVED UNANIMOUSLY.

August 9, 2017, at DARPO, Sogod, Southern Leyte.

 A RESOLUTION SUPPORTING THE PASSAGE OF HOUSE BILL (HB) NO.
4296 ENTITLED, "AN ACT MANDATING THE COMPLETION OF THE LAND
ACQUISITION DISTRIBUTION (LAD) COMPONENT OF THE CARP
PURSUANT TO RA NO. 6657, OTHERWISE KNOWN AS THE
"COMPREHENSIVE AGRARIAN REFORM LAW" AS AMENDED"

WHEREAS, 1987 Constitution mandates the State to "undertake an agrarian reform program founded on
the right of farmers and regular farmworkers, who are landless, to own directly or collectively the lands
they till or, in the case of other farmworkers, to receive a just share of the fruits thereof";

WHEREAS, on June 10, 1988, the Congress has enacted Republic Act (RA) No. 6657, otherwise known as
the Comprehensive Agrarian Reform Law (CARL) of 1988, which initially targeted the distribution of
agricultural lands over a period of ten (10) years through Comprehensive Agrarian Reform Program
(CARP);

WHEREAS, before the termination of CARP implementation in 1988, RA No. 8532 was enacted to
augment the funding for CARP until June 2008;
  
WHEREAS, in 2009, RA No. 9700, otherwise known as the Comprehensive Agrarian Reform Program
Extension with Reform (CARPER), was approved to, among others, undertake the acquisition and
distribution of all remaining unacquired and undistributed lands covered by CARP for another five (5)
years;

WHEREAS, House Bill No. 4296 advocates for the amendment of Section 30 of RA No. 9700, which
extends the issuance of Notice of Coverage (NOC) until June 30, 2015 to landowners of all agricultural
lands which have not yet been covered by

WHEREAS, HB No. 4296 likewise mandates the coverage under CARP of the following lands even beyond
June 30, 2015: (1) lands classified as alienable and disposable, which are suitable for agriculture but are
not in the CARP coverage as of June 30, 2015; (2) lands declared as alienable and disposable, which are
suitable for agriculture after June 30, 2015; and (3) government lands that are reserved for military or
educational purposes but which are no longer actually, directly and exclusively used and found to be
necessary for their intended purposes in relation to Executive Order (EO) Nos. 448 and 407;

WHEREAS, as of June 2014, an estimate of hectares of CARP covered agricultural lands were not issued
with NOC which is the start of the proceedings in the implementation of the Comprehensive Agrarian
Reform Law. These lands if left undistributed would constitute a mockery of the constitutional provision
on agrarian reform and would reward the very people who violated and defied the law;
WHEREAS, not extending the CARP through HB No. 4296 will be tantamount to disenfranchising
thousands of farmers of their rights to own the lands they till, equitably share in the fruits of their labor,
and deprive them the opportunity to find a path out of poverty. It also means the country's failure to
break up land monopoly and achieve inclusive growth;

NOW, THEREFORE, upon unanimous motion, the PARCCOMs of Regions V, VI, Vll and VIII acclaimed to
support the passage of House Bill No. 4296 to continue and complete the land acquisition and
distribution process for all private and public agricultural lands even beyond June 30, 2014; and

RESOLVED FURTHER, that copies of this Resolution be forwarded to all members of House of
Representatives for their information and favourable consideration.

ACCLAIMED this12thday of March 2015 at Lapu-Lapu City, Cebu.