Outgoing Vice President Leni Robredo on Saturday, June 11, urged authorities to respect human rights and the dignity of the farmers and land reform advocates they arrested in Hacienda Tinang in Concepcion, Tarlac.
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She made the statement two days after more than 90 farmers and their supporters were arrested by the police during a cultivation activity related to a land dispute.
Outgoing Vice President Leni Robredo on Saturday said the incident involving the arrest of at least 100 farmers and land reform advocates in Concepcion, Tarlac, should be resolved fairly.
“Deprived farmers are faced with violent reprisal when they assert their rightful claim to land. This exposes CARP as instrumental to landlords while the majority of our farmers remain landless, poor, and hungry."