INQUIRER.net: New body will kill CARP, farmers say

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New body will kill CARP, farmers say Jan 17th 2013, 21:33 A militant farmers' group on Thursday denounced the creation of a new agency on agrarian reform as an attempt by the administration to extend its "antipeasant, prolandlord" policies beyond the life of the Comprehensive Agrarian Reform Program (CARP) next year.   The Kilusang Magbubukid ng Pilipinas (KMP) said the Inter-Agency Committee on Institutional Arrangements and Rural Development established by Administrative Order No. 34 would ensure the extension of CARP "minus the Department of Agrarian Reform."   Issued by President Aquino on Nov. 22, the AO created the agency that is tasked to "conduct a study on the continuity of land distribution and manage... Keep on reading: New body will kill CARP, farmers say Media files: Kilusang-Magbubukid-ng-Pilipinas.jpeg (image/jpeg)

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