Report on Feudalism

7/29/2019 Report on Feudalism

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Feudalism in the

Philippines


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Philippines

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Feudalism!


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SPANISH

POLITICALSTRUCTURE

EUROPEAN

FEUDALISM=

EncomiendaSystem


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Land as an Asset for Rural and Urban Poor

Land is a means of generating a livelihood Main medium for earning and investment

Core problem of the land subsector in the Philippines

Inefficient and inequitable property rightsand land markets

Effects: Tenure insecurity

Low investments in land

Land degradation

Poor agricultural production


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Department of Environment and

Natural Resources

Responsibility:

Land Administration

Main Objectives: Improve service

delivery Reduce red tape

and corruption inregistration of landtransactions


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LAND ADMINISTRATION

Status of LA in the Philippines

One of the most inefficient in the world

Land Administration and Management Program(LAM)

Options for Reform:

Institutional Reform to simplify transactionregistrations

Legal Reform

Property Valuation and Taxation

Improving Service Standards in Land Administration


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Department of Agrarian Reform

Responsibility :

Agrarian Reform

Main Objective:

Reduce land

inequality primarily in

rural areas


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AGRARIAN REFORM

Themes to which agrarian reform contributespositively

promotion of macroeconomic stability and equitablegrowth

acceleration of environmentally sustainable ruraldevelopment with social equity

Comprehensive Agrarian Reform Program (CARP)

Options for Reform:

beneficiaries are given large enough areas

beneficiaries have access to sufficient inputs


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RA 6657: Comprehensive

Agrarian Reform Program

Passed by the Congress

on June 10, 1988

Focus:Industrialization in the

Philippines

Social Justice


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Objectives of the CARP

Land distribution amongfarmers

Political stability

Equality of opportunities,income and wealth

Enhance agriculturalproduction/productivity

Provide employment toagricultural workers


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GENUINE AGRARIAN REFORM

ACT OF 2010


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House Bill 374(Genuine Agrarian Reform Act of 2010)

Criticizes the ineffective duty of theComprehensive Agrarian Reform Program

Supported by Anakpawis, Bayan Muna, GabrielaWomens Party, Kabataan Party list and ACTTeachers Party list

Focus: social justice

liberation from feudal bondage

land to the landless.


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Objectives of House Bill 374

Present an alternative agrarian

reform program

Enable state to gather political will to

combat land monopoly and foreign

control

Free land distribution to farmers

Adequate support services to raise

productivity, income and living

standards of farmers


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Agrarian disputes are settled in the trial courts inaccordance with Chapter XIII of Republic Act No.6657, Sections 54-62

What are agrarian disputes?

any controversy relating to tenurial arrangements over

lands devoted to agriculture, including disputesconcerning farmworkers associations or representation ofpersons in negotiating, fixing, maintaining, changing orseeking to arrange terms or conditions of such tenurialarrangements


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Case files


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Case files


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Owner: Conjuangco Family

Location:

at the boundaries of three m

major municipalities of Tarlac

(1) Tarlac City, (2) Concepcion and (3) La Paz

Composed of: 10 barangays (villages)

Central Azucarera de Tarlac (CAT), the secondlargest sugarmill the country

Case files


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Subjected to land reform in

1989

Land reform scheme: SDP (Stock Distribution Plan)

only stock certificates instead of actual land parcels

were distributed

Only 4,915 ha. of the hacienda was subjectedto land reform, the remaining 2000 ha.

declared non-agricultural

Case files


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Case files

Farmers petitioned revocation

of SDP after 16 years of

no improvement in their livelihood

Reasons:

take-home pay went to as low as P9.50 a week

unfair labor practices

illegal retrenchment

A total of5,700 Luisita workers went on astrike from Nov. 11, 2004 to Dec. 8, 2005


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Nov. 16, 2004

There was a protest by the

farmers of Hacienda Luisita for:

fairer wages increased benefits

greater commitment for national land reform

7 of the protesting farmers of thesaid hacienda were massacred

No arrests were made

Case files


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DAR cancelled Stock

Distribution Agreement

May 2006 Presidential Agrarian Reform Counciljunked the

motion of HLI to reconsider the revocation of the

SDO

November 2011

The Surpeme Court ordered the distribution of

almost 5,000 hectares of land to some 6,000

farmer beneficiaries of Hacienda Luisita Inc.

Case files


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- properties over which a person or group of persons

has exclusive rights.- owners right holder

- the capacity to call upon a society to stand behind

the right holders claim to a benefit stream.

Responsible for the Recognition and Legitimacy ofProperty Rights

- State- Enforces and protects property rights of the citizens

IMPORTANCE OF PROPERTY RIGHTS TO THE POOR

- Provides not only income stream but also incentives to

invest in productive technologies and sustainable

management of the resources for the future


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LAND PROPERTY-fundamental asset for the rural and urban poor.

For most poor people, land is:

- means of generating livelihood

- vehicle for investing, accumulating wealth, and

transferring such wealth between generations.

Tenure insecurity and subsequent low investments in land

resulted to land degradation and poor agriculturalproduction. Thus, secure property rights are an enablingfactor in improving the investment climate, natural resources

management, urban land management, and decentralization,

as well as in promoting good governance.


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LAND ADMINISTRATION

Refers to the processes of

recording and disseminating

information about the ownership,

value, and use of land.

Philippine system is considered one

of the most complex systems in

Asia and is consequently plagued

with:

- institutional defects

- inconsistencies

- corruption

- unworkable practices


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1987 Constitution

Fundamental law which sets the basis of use and

ownership of land in the Philippines and it recognizes

three (3) types of tenure

1. Ancestral Lands

- Comprise forestlands, inland waterways, coastal areas, andnatural resources above and below the land.

2. Public Lands- alienable or disposable (agricultural, residential, commercial,

industrial, educational, charitable and other similar purposes),

forests, mineral lands, and national parks.

- the state is the owner of public lands.

3. Private Lands- satisfies conditions for private ownership.


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LOCAL GOVERNMENT AGENCIESThe institutional setting for land administration and management

is characterized by these two (2) common local agencies.

1. DENR (Department of Environment and Natural Resources)- issuing titles for all government or public land and the land

alienated through the issuance of patents, decrees and other

legal instruments.

2. DAR (Department of Agrarian Reform)

- Implements the Comprehensive Agrarian Reform Program(CARP) mandated by the Comprehensive Agrarian Reform

Law (CARL) of 1988 (Republic Act No. 6657) by issuing

certificates of land ownership awards (CLOAs) to agrarian

reform beneficiaries (ARBs).


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DAR (Department of Agrarian Reform)

most important key implementing agency

primary objective is to reduce land inequality, primarily in rural

areas.

To achieve the goal of equitable land distribution and thereby

increase productivity and reduce poverty, it will be important that

the Government accelerate implementation of the CARP.

- Provision of adequate program funding, particularly for land

acquisition and credit risk arrangements

- Ensuring that agrarian reform beneficiaries (ARBs) can improve

the acquired land in a viable and sustainable manner.


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Gantuangco Family- showed tax declaration of the land

Farmers-cultivated the land (once a forest)

-resided for more than 50 years


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ACTIONS OF THE TWO LOCAL

GOVERNMENT AGENCIES

- Dependent on the decision of DENR

DENR (Department of Environment andNatural Resources)

- The land is registered as public domain

DAR (Department of Agrarian Reform)

- CARP is applied when it is owned by a landlord

- No responsibilities on land distribution


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Recommendations


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focus on1protection offarmers

protection of

environment


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support2 support for the

farmers

support on

human rights


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reform

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