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Kilos Ka Official Publication

DENR survey complicates

ancestral

Kilos Ka Sultan Kudarat

San Luis Estate Tenants are

barred to ...

IMPLEMENTASYON

sa CARP sa Zamboanga del Sur...

58 Years of Struggle:

Revisiting...

Justice for Inday Natingga,Justice for ...


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Delaying the time, delaying justice, denying lives

The harassments of farmers in San Luis Estate in

Barangay Pinuyak, Lala, Lanao del Norte; the massacre inOsaeta Estate in Dinas, Zamboanga del Sur; the murder of

former Barangay Agrarian Reform Chairperson in Brgy.Pulang, Yuta, Lala, Lanao del Norte are just few among theincreasing cases of violence against the small tenant farmersin Mindanao in relation to the implementation of

Comprehensive Agrarian Reform Program Extension withReforms (CARPER).

The threats to farmers by the exploitative landownersand land grabbers remain strong instrument of injustice in

the rural areas. Records of ejectment complaints by thelandlords have been increasing. Unfortunately, the tenants

have no capacity to hire lawyers to defend them from theharassment and threats of the landlords with their expensive

lawyers and their private armies. Worst, the farmers areejected out from the land they are tilling without court order.Indeed those who have less in life have also less in law.

The vast hectares of lands that are not yet covered bythe Comprehensive Agrarian Reform Program (CARP) under

land distribution as well as under the leasehold system areowned either by known political leaders, influential families,

or known landlords. Accordingly, there are still millions ofhectares of which are not yet covered by the agrarian reformas far as the records of DAR is concerned. In fact, many ofthese claims have already started during the administration of

dictator Marcos under his Presidential Decree (PD) 27.However, it has been more than two (2) decades but muchhave still to be achieved.

Weeks ago, after the dialogue with the farmerswho came from different areas in Mindanao, PNoy

together with his cabinet members promised to fullyimplement the CARPER before 2016 ends. But this

promise was made in front of personalities of theinfluential Catholic Church who helped organize the

dialogue.

The sincerity of the governments promise can begauged by its action. Just recently agrarian reformprogram suffered budget cuts in its 2013 budget. Inaddition, the present administration has not released any

written list stating target land holdings that yet to becovered in the coming years. There is also no indication

of significant change in the performance of theDepartment of Environment and Natural Resources(DENR), DAR and Land Bank personnel to speed upthe process of land distribution to the claimants.Meanwhile, landlords and corporations enjoy protection

and support of the police and military establishmentagainst the interest of the small farmers.

With all the double speaks of the government, the

farmer should never stop pressuring the latter. In his firststate of the Nation Address, his, the President,emphasized that kayo (the majority masses) ang bossko, kayat hindi maaring hindi ako makinig sa utos ninyo

[ you are my boss, therefore it is unlikely that I shouldntlisten to your command] ... however, in the light of theperformance of the agrarian reform programs, it has

become crystal clear who really his bosses are, thelandlords and the giant agricultural companies.

If CARP and CARPER have been implementedproperly, the incident of killings and deaths amongfarmers and those who are working in solidarity with the

struggle of the farmers as well those people working withthe landowners could have decreased or even avoided.

As the time for the implementation of the

agrarian reform policy in the country is ending,harassment against the tenants are increasing. Thus it isimperative for the government to make concrete plan on1.) how to cover the remaining CARPable landholdings,

2.) how to speed up the process of land distribution, and3.) how to provide security to the tenant-farmers who

have been facing harassments. The police and militaryshould be mobilized for the protection of the farmers inthe countryside instead of the landowners. After allmajority of the latter also came from the rank of the small

farmers

. Time is running out, Justice cannot wait anylonger and people will surely reclaim their dignifiedlives.-


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Ang Hunyo 12, 2012 mao ang ika-114 nga kasumaran sa adlaw sa kagawasan sa

Pilipinas gikan sa pagpanaug-daug ug pagpanghibalot sa mga langyaw. Apan hangtod karon

nagpabilin ang demokratikong pangandoy sa mga gagmay nga mag-uuma ug mga kabos sa

banika. Hangtod niining mga adlawa, wala gihapoy kagawasan ang mabagang duot sa

katawhan tungod kay wala silay kasegurohan nga mapanag-iya ang mga yuta nga ilang gitikad

sa dugay na nga panahon. Nahikot gihapon sila sa mando sa ilang agalon ug nagpabiling

samohante nga kanunay nag-atubang sa hulga nga palagputon. Kapin sa 20 ka tuig na ang

milabay nga gipatuman ang Comprehensive Agrarian Reform Program (CARP) nga nagsugodniadtong 1988. Apan bisan karun, wala pa gihapon kini mapatuman sa hingpit. Ang extension

sa programa nga matapos sa 2014 pinaagai sa Comprehensive Agrarian Reform Program

Extention with Reforms (CARPER), wala nagtabang nga mapapaspas ang implementasyon sa

pagpang-apod-apod sa yuta. Daghang mga luna nga gisugdan pag-proseso sa milabay nga mga

katuigan ug dekada apan hangtod karun wala pa madawat sa mga mag-uuma ang titulo nga

maoy magpamatuod nga dili na sila mamahimong papahawaon sa yuta nga ilang gitikad sa

pipila na ka henerasyon.

Ang kakulangon sa suportang serbisyo ngadto sa mga mag-uuma sama sa kapital,

teknolohiya, presyo, palisiya, merkado, pasilidad nahimong hinungdan sa ilang pagka-bangkaruta. Nahimo kining hinungdan nga sila nagpabiling nagapos sa ilang mga agalon ug

mga suki. Walay kagawasan ang mga mag-uuma kung asa nila i-baligya ang ilang produkto.

Walay kagawasan ang mga mag-uuma nga mo-takda sa presyo sa ilang mga produkto. Apan

ang dugang kapait kay walay nahimo ang mag-uuma sa walay undang nga pagtaas sa presyo sapalaliton.

Ang padayong kalisod sa mga mag-uuma ingun man ang kabus sa banika usa ka tino

nga dagway nga wala pay tiunay ug hingpit nga kagawasan ang katawhan. Ang padayong pag-

domina sa global nga kapital apil ang pagpanghibalot niini sa mga palisiya ug programa

kabahin sa agrikultura ug pagkaon sa atong nasud nga nakadaut sa mga mag-uuma usa ka

dayag nga dagway ug nagpamatuod nga kita dili pa hingpit nga gawasnon.

Tungod kay dili pa man kita gawasnon sa pagpadagan sa atong kinabuhi, dayag lamang

nga atong pakusgon ang han-ay sa mga kabus sa banika; kauban ang mga mag-uuma,

mangingisda, kababayen-an ug kabatan-onang Lumad, Moro ug Mayoryang Setler nga

ipadayon ang paglihuk aron makab-ot ang tinuod nga kalambuan, kalinaw ug kagawasan sa

tibuok katawhan. --

Mensahe ngadto sa mga partisipante panahon sa duha ka adlaw nga para-legal training kauban ang mga mag

-uumang samohante sa Lanao del Norte kaniadtong Mayo 12-13, 2012.

Ni Mary Joy Villagomez (DKMP-Lanao)


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Photocourteso

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oundation

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Mula ng mabuo ang Kilusang Maralita saKanayunan (KILOS KA), pangunahing naging panawaganng mga myembrong organisasyon at ng konseho nito aybuoin ang mga promasyon sa mga probinsyang saklaw

nito. Kaya noong Mayo 7, 2012, isinagawa angpormasyon ng Kilusang Maralita sa Kanayunan (Kilos Ka)

-Sultan Kudarat sa pangunguna ng Tri-peopleOrganization against Disasters (TRIPOD) Foundation. Ito

ay dinaluhan ng mahigit limampung (50) partisipante nakumakatawan sa labing anim (16) na organisasyon mula sa

tatlong (3) munisipalidad: Kulaman, Lebak atKalamansig. Ang mga partisipante ay binubuo ng sektor

ng mga magsasaka, mangingisda, kabataan at kababaihan.

Ang pagtitipong ito ay naging daan upangmapag-usapan ang mga pangunahing problema at isyung

kinakaharap ng mga mamamayan sa kanayunan ngprobinsya. Ilan lamang sa mga isyu natalakay ay angpatuloy na pagpasok ng mga kompanya ng mina sa mgabulubunduking bahagi ng lupain ng mga Lumad at

Bangsamoro, ang patuloy na pamumutol ng kahoy(logging) sa mga watershed areas, unti-unting pagkaubosng mga bakawan sa dagat na siya sanang mahalaga sa

mga isada at iba pang lamang dagat, ang matindingpaggamit ng mga petrochemicals sa pagsasaka na nagingsanhi ng malakihang utang at pagkalugi ng mgamagsasaka, at ang kawalang seguridad sa pagmamay-ari

ng lupa sa bahagi ng mga magsasakang migrante, mgakatutubo, at Bangsamoro.

Bilang pagsang-ayon sa pangangailangang

maorganisa ang mga sector sa kanayunan, ang mga

partisipante ay pumili ng kanilang mga opisyales atkinatawan. Ang sumusunod ay ang mga nahalal na mga

opisyales ng Kilos Ka-Sultan Kudarat:

Chairperson : Anthony ManaogVice Chairperson : Bonofacio Aguada

Secretary : Mark UyDeputy Secretary : Doming Dewig

Treasurer : Bai Minda MasturaAuditor : Joel Aleta

PIO : Eddie Gura

Area Representatives:

Kalamansig

Brgy. Cadiz : Silverio Sales Jr.Brgy. Dumanggas Nuevo : Antonio Manaog

Sta. Clara : Joel AletaLebak

Kalamongog : Bonifacio AguadaPoloy-poloy : Eddie GuraDatu Guiabar : Al Kusain

Kulaman

Brgy. Poblacion : Doming DewigPeople s RepresentativesBangsamoro : Esnany Gubel

Migrante : Mark UyKatawhang Lumad : Juna Dewig

Sektoral

Kababaihan (Bai Minda Mastura)Kabataan (Engrelyn Dagtay) --/

By M.L. Mandar

Kaliwa: Mga partisipante ng Pormasyon ng Kilos Ka sa Sultan Kudarat Kanan: Mga bagong halal na opisyales ng Kilos Ka-SK

Photo courtesy of TRIPOD Foundation


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kamatuoran maoy nagpamatuod nga angimplementasyon sa Agrarian Reform sa Zamboangadel Sur dili pa kompleto. Gani, ang mga tenante niininga mga luna o Estate bag-o lang nakahibalo ngaanaa ang programa sa Agrarian Reform ug kini usalang sa mga daghan pang mga luna sa Zamboanga delSur ang nagpabiling gipanag-iyahan sa mga dagkungyutaan.

Tungod niini nga mga sitwasyon, nanawaganang mga gagmay nga mag-uuma nga:

Ipakusog pa ang pag-implementar sa agrarianreform ilabina ang sa mga dagku pangkayutaan.

Pakusgan ang pag-edukar sa katawhan niiningmaong balaod aron mas lapad ang maabtanniini.

Chairperson : Alejandro L. Saren, Sr.ViceChairperson : Reynaldo B. MonteverdeSecretary-General : Joseph L. BuacTreasurer : Rose F. AlberoAuditor : Esterlita B. Lariba

Lumad : Timuay Librado GandoyWomen : Helaria VillanuevaYouth : Reneboy Balives

Margos : Mario ElorzaGuipos : Rose MagallanesV. Sagun : Charlito LanutanLapuyan : Esterlita LingatingSan Miguel : Ernesto SabacahanDinas : Benvineda DiganPitogo : Melquiades EgotTigbao : Rosita MegioKumalarang : Pascual MasaligDumalinao : Liedyjen Ligan --

Human milabay ang ika 24 ka tuig saimplementasyon sa CARP daghan pa gihapon angmga mag-uuma nga wala nahatagan sakahigayonan nga mamahimong benepisyaryo niini.Sa Probinsya sa Zamboanga del Sur, daghang mgamag-uuma ang wala gayod makahibalo niini ngabalaod ug ang uban adunay gamay nga kahibaloapan kulang pa kini aron ma proseso ang pag-angkon sa yuta.

Pipila sa mga areas sa pagkakaron, wala

nahuman ang proseso sa pag-angkon sa yutahuman sa kapin 20 ka tuig na ang milabay. Kiniilabina kung ang mga tag-iya magdumili sapagsunod niini nga balaod. Ang mga MunicipalAgrarian Reform Officers mangita og palusot kungkini imong pangutanon ngano nga wala mahiapilkining mga lunang dagku.

Usa ka ehemplo niini mao ang luna sa mgaOzaeta sa V. Sagun. Ang pamilya Ozaeta adunaykapin kon kulang 140 ektaryas ug gibahinbahin kini

sa pito (7)ka mga anak.Ang 5 ka anak adunay tagsa-tagsa ka titulo

nga Homestead Patent nga adunay 20 kapin kaektarya matag usa ug duha (2) ka anak adunay FreePatent Titles nga adunay 15 ug 17 ektarya matagusa. Usa niining nanag-iya sa Free Patent Titles angnagvoluntary offer to sell sa iyang yuta (17ektaryas), apan anaa pa sa unang ang-ang sapagproseso sa pag-ila sa iyang mga benepisyaryo.Ang uban nagpabilin kini nga gipanag-iyahan sa

mga Ozaetas. Daghan pang luna ang adunaysusamang kahimtang niini. Kini nga mga


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Accounts of their 58-year struggle to bring backtheir land grabbed by government agencies are asfollows:

The efforts to reclaim the ancestral land through petitionletter to the Philippine President was formally started byTimuey Paares Bidangan, one of the first scholars of thetribe in Barongis, Libungan, Cotabato. However, insteadof considering the action, the Bureau of Plant Industry(BPI) responded by manipulating and issuing a YellowBook containing names of elders and leaders ofSinimburanen, a sub-tribe of Erumanen Menuvu, whoallegedly donated the land.

Datu Pedro Ampalid sent a letter to Hon. Jesus Amparo,the State Minister for Presidential Assistance on theNational Minorities (PANAMIN) asking to reduce the485.14 hectares into 100 hectares and the remaining385.14 hectares shall be allocated to the clan membersbut the revered Datu received no reply until his lastbreath on August 13, 1991. Since then, there was seriesof letters/statements sent by elders of the community tothe Philippine President demanding the return ofancestral land.

The Sinimburanen and other sub-tribes of Erumanen neMenuvu organized the Aromanen Sinimburan TindegBansa, Inc. (ASTBI) to systematically advance thestruggle to re-occupy the ancestral land.

More than 400 families of ASTBI staged a peacefuldemonstration in re-occupying the area. The familieserected their houses and till the lands inside the BPI lotfor corn and vegetables. As a result, the families were

constantly harassed by the BPI security guards and hadreceived death treats.

The Department of Agriculture (DA) represented bySenen Bacani and the Philippine Coconut Authorityrepresented by Executive Director Wencilito Andanarinked a Memorandum of Agreement (MOA) leasing 303hectares out of 485.14 hectare of BPI lot for theestablishment of Coconut Seed Farm Production Center(CSSFPC). The MOA provided among others that thenPCA shall assume the primary responsibility of ejecting

the squatters (Eumanen ne Menuvu) while the DA shallsee page 10)

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Alleged faked document by oneof the contracting parties ( the

Buyer). This is found after oneof the elders of the tribe passed

away.

The Ancestral Domain Claim of the ErumanenNe Menuvu includes more than thirteen thousand(13,000) hectares of land covering twelve (12)barangays all situated in the Municipality of Carmen,

North Cotabato. This land, which was formerly the setof their tribal governance and cultural identity, ismajority being occupied and taken from them throughdeceitful legal means by many of the political leadersand outsiders (migrant settlers) thus dispossessingthem of their land.

This struggle went through years and decadesenduring the different threats and harassments by theopponents. It has even caused them lives of some oftheir tribal leaders and members. In fact, justrecently, in the effort of claiming what is theirs,

another member of the tribe, Mr. Alvin Cabitin, wasshot dead while he was participating in the picket inone of the areas within their ancestral domain.

Parcel of this land is now being occupied bythe government agencies, Philippine CoconutAuthority (PCA) and the Bureau of Plant Industry (BPI).The coverage was originally measured 50hectares when it was leased from the Sinimburanentribe in 1936, but by virtue of PresidentialProclamation 772 under Pres. Manuel Quezon, thecoverage was increased to 485.14 hectares,

proclaiming such area as government reservationwithout the consent and knowledge of the tribe.


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Justice for Inday Natingga, Justice for the small tenant-farmersJune 22, 2012Official Public Statement

It was five (5) in the afternoon of June 19, 2012 when Venecia Inday Natingga was murdered along thehighway of Kapatagan, Lanao del Norte while she was going home and riding in a single motorcycle from the Poblacion.She sustained seven (7) gun shots. Identified suspects are said to be hired by the opponents of small tenant-farmers inone of the land disputes that she was assisting.

Inday Natingga is a known farmer-leader of DKMP-Lanao (DemokratikongKilusang Magbubukid ng Pilipinas - Lanao) and a strong advocate for the protection of

the rights of small farmers especially the tenants. She was a former Barangay Captain ofPulang Yuta, Kapatagan, Lanao del Norte; a former chairman of Barangay AgrarianReform Council; current Chairwoman of cluster ARC community in the area; and a

consistent advocate of Agrarian Reform. Her actions until the last moments of her lifeproved her strong conviction that rural peace and development will only come to reality if

small farmers will have security of the lands they are tilling. She has been very vocalagainst land grabbing and a pressure to government agencies involved in the processing of

land claims.

A week before she was murdered, she together with other para-legals and officersof DKMP Lanao, a federation of small farmers in Lanao del Norte, received death

threats in relation to their strong advocacies of protecting the peasants in their barangay.

Her death adds to the long lists of unsolved killings of farmer leaders all over-the country. In Lanao areas, casesof harassment and human rights violations against tenants have intensified in recent days. In San Luis Estate in Pinuyak,Lala, Lanao del Norte, a total of 7 tenants were ejected from their tenanted lands without order from a court but by thelawyer of the landlord (San Luis). Of the same estate, a tenants husband was murdered on March of this year and

another farmer harvesting the rice field was shot at his leg by one of the security guards hired by the landowner lastJanuary. All of these cases are languishing in local courts without resolution. In 2009, Mr. Dimavivas , a para-legal from

DAR-Kapatagan, was shot dead after assisting the farmers who are illegally ejected from Aradasa Estate in Brgy.Tiacongan, Kapatagan, Lanao del Norte. Today his case went unheard.

As the government is not doing its responsibility of implementing the agrarian reform program as mandated bythe Constitution and existing laws in a swift and timely manner, community leaders and the small farmers continue toface threats, intimidations and even deaths.

The death of Inday Natingga should serve as a wake-up call for the government and the national agenciesinvolved in the implementation of agrarian reform program that their slow action has been resulting to violence in ruralcommunities. In most cases, the small farmers do not receive protection from the government agencies against theviolence perpetuated by the landlords. Instead, the police or military are usually supporting the harassments and

intimidation by the landowners.

It has been 24 years since the implementation of CARP which started as centerpiece policy to address socialjustice in the rural areas under the Administration of the mother of the current president, the late Corazon Aquino in

1988. The President, Mr. Aquino has promised recently, to fully implement the agrarian reform targets before his termends in 2016. However, if the farmers and community leaders who are protecting the rights of the peasant and smallfarmers are being murdered, intimidated and denied of any protection from government forces, the promise of thepresident will surely fail. Unless the government will use its vast executive powers forces to implement the laws and

strongly implement the agrarian reform program with will and conviction, rural peace and development will remain abattle cry.

In the light of Inday Natinggas murder, the latest barbaric act against a farmer human rights defender, Kilusang

Maralita sa Kanayunan (KILOS-KA), a movement of rural organizations from Mindanao strongly calls the ruralcommunities throughout the country and peasant organizations and supporters from other countries to condemn theAdministration of President Aquino for his unsupportive action and slow paced implementation of agrarian reformprogram. KILOS-KA also calls CARPER implementation oversight committee of the Philippine Congress to conduct aninquiry in aid of legislation in resolving the increasing violence and harassment (See Page 11)

Taken on August 2010 during theFarmers Consultation in Sitio

Camalig, Magpatao, Lala, Lanao

del Norte where she was one of

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(58 years of Struggle Page 8)provide whatever administrative and legal assistance PCA may require

The PCA foreman Mr. Fred Dalumpines accompanied by PCA laborer, heavily armed CAFGUs and PCA SecurityGuards cleaned the partially harvested cornfields of ASTBI farmers without any permission. Five (5) days later, thefield was planted with coconut seedlings. But a week later, more than 100 ASTBI members uprooted the seedlingsand turned it over to PCA. The PCA filed, after a week, a case ofmalicious mischief against ASTBI members buteventually it was dismissed.

More than 200 ASTBI members picketed at the PCA main gate. While the ASTBI members were staging demon-stration, the PCA continued to fence the 303 hectares land with barbed wire. The picket lasted for several months.The tribal leaders received death treats and harassment (Native Charge Mayor, The Mindanao Daily Mirror, 22January 1993)

The House Committee on Cultural Communities conducted a congressional hearing at BPI, Aroman, Carmen, Cota-bato. In effect, the Committee issued astatus quo decision to protect the rights of the members of the ASTBI.However, the BPI and PCA did not honor the decision. They continued to operate without taking into consideration

the status quo decision and the welfare of the claimants.

The Honorable Congressman Jeremias Zapata, the former Chairman of the House Committee on National CulturalCommunities wrote to Hon. Salvador Escudero III, then Secretary of Department of Agriculture (DA) asking him forsymbolically return the Land to the Erumanen ne Menuvu but there was no action taken from the side of the DA.

The Republic Act 8371 also known as the Indigenous Peoples Rights Act (IPRA) was enacted. This legislation pro-pels high expectation among community to peacefully claim back their land. The section 8 of Article 2 of the Lawemphasized.the right to ownership and possession of the indigenous peoples to their ancestral land shall be rec-ognized and protected... However, the IPRAs lengthy and costly mandatory requirements to legally claim back

the ancestral land caused the delay of the entire process.

During the National Consultation on Indigenous Peoples Agenda on Food Security at the Bahay Ugnayan, GoodShepherd Convent, Aurora Blvd., Quezon City, the case was brought to the attention of the Senator M.A. Madrigal.Thus, M.A. Madrigal introduced a Resolution No. 293 directing the Committee on Cultural Communities to Inves-tigate, in aid of legislation, the Sinimburanen claim for the return of their ancestral land in Aroman, Carmen,CotabatoHowever, the resolution went unheard up to now.

The tribe never gave up the struggle hoping that one day they will succeed in brining back their land whichthey dreamed of for decades. Such decade of struggle slowly bear fruit. In the letter dated July 5, 2011 ofCommunity Development Officer of Libungan Community Service Center informing the Community Environment

and Natural Resources (CENR) Officer of Carmern, North Cotabato of the ongoing process for application/petitionfor Certificate of Ancestral Domain Title (CADT) which is filed by the Erumanen Menuvu states that anyapplication for the land title in favor to non-indigenous peoples including indigenous peoples who are not memberof the recognized clan of the legitimate claimants within the areas shall subject for the verification and evaluationwith this office.

Despite this development, the tribe is still confronted with different problems regarding their land claims.Some portion of their more than 13 thousand hectares ancestral land are titled with out their knowledge. Most ofthese titled lands are now owned by the migrants settlers and influential politicians in North Cotabato. Justrecently, their ancestral land is earmarked as target for oil palm plantation where an oil palm refinery will be alsobuilt.

All the years of their struggle, what theyve wanted is to get back their land where they can freely exercise

their cultural traditions and governance.--Source: Document created during the Kebpengirerehun ne kevurunan (an annual ceremonial gathering for harvest season) held last 29 October2007 at Savang te Sinimburan, Aroman, Carmen, Cotabato which has been submitted to the authorities concerned on the issues.

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(Justice for Inday Natingga...Page 9) against farmer leaders and to speed upTHhe implementation of agrarian reformprogram.

KILOSKA is also calling the attention of the Department of Interior and Local Government (DILG) to order

the Philippine National Police and Local Chief Executives to protect the small farmers against any form of harassmentfrom the landlords and should not use the alibi that the land is a private property so they could not help the farmers.

For the international communities, KILOS KA urges all partners supporting agrarian reform to voice out their

sentiments against harassment among farmer leaders and inform the government of Mr. Aquino to take concrete actions.These actions can be in the form of serious implementation of agrarian reform as mandated by laws and resolve the casesperpetuated against farmers leaders.--

Kilusang Maralita sa Kanayunan (KILOS KA)

Since 2008, the program on Peace Building and Food Sovereignty initiated by different NGOs and POs and alsoknown as Tri-people Food Sovereignty Network (TFSN), have been working on the different rural and developmentissues. The TFSN has initiated for the formation of Mindanao Rural Poor Organization. Series of consultations and

discussions were held to discuss the characteristics, working mechanisms and fundamental needs to fully realize theproject of the formation and strengthening the mass campaign body.

Discussion on the plan of the creation of peasant and rural poor organization, the national and international

situation of peasants and other rural sectors were conducted. Local, national and global actions and initiatives towardsprotecting the remaining natural resources for farmers as well as their human rights condition in the face of continuous

threat and danger targeting their sector were also thoroughly discussed.On March 13-15, 2010, the Mindanao Rural Poor Movement (MTPRM), through the Mindanao Rural Poor

Congress, was finally formed. It was held in CUIC, Suarez, Iligan City , participated by rural sectors from differentareas in Mindanao to wit; CARAGA, Greater Cotabato Area, Greater Lanao Area and Zamboanga Peninsula.

Having seen the necessity of expanding its membership and scope of action on the national level, on June 3-5,2011 during the council meeting as mandated by the Assembly, its name was changed into Kilusang Maralita saKanayunan (KilosKa) or Rural Poor Movement.

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Kilos Ka Council

Lanao Area:Jamail D. MagadTagoloan, Lanao del Norte

Mary Joy B. Villagomez-Lala, Lanao del Norte

Fita A. Dulang - Tubod, Lanao del Norte

Zamboanga Peninsula:Rosalina R. SumosonTudela, Misamis Occ.Ma. Bella M. Pampilo Polanco, Zambo. Norte

Norberto A. TilaoDinas, Zambo. Sur

CARAGA:Florgie MortaTubay, Agusan del Norte

Ruben S. CuasitoSibagat, Agusan del SurAdelina B. DumindaLa Paz, Agusan del Norte

Cotabato Area:Romy M. PradiNorth Upi, Maguindanao

Benedick E. JulianoLebak, Sultan Kudarat

Melinda B. GallegoCotabato City

KILOS KA

Executive Committee

Chairperson:

Alejandro L. Saren, Sr.Vice-Chairperson:

Datu Raffy MendozaSecretary General:

Lydia C. MangcaoDeputy Secretary:

Sunnie Z. JumuadTreasurer:

Maribel SajolAuditor:

Rolando AmbanganPIO:

Charlie Trozo

The Movement is concerned with

the following issues:1. Security of tenure among small farmers

and fishers folks through fullyimplementation of agrarian reform, IPRA

and Integrated Social Forestry andsupport services.

2. Environmental protection againstindiscriminate mining, logging, watershed

destruction.3. Protection of primary food production

sites against corporate land grabbing and

privatization of communal waters;4. Lobbying for policy in support to food

sovereignty

5. Building relations within the national andglobal to pursue the demand andprotection of rural communities.

6. Strengthening the rural sector within and

among the tri-peoples, women and youth.


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