Rome Filipino migrants vs. Land grabbing in Brgy. Malinis, Lemery Batangas

Posted by Belarmino Dablos Saguing
Rome, Italy 20.o6.2016

Press release

A protest rally was staged by Malinisan Filipino Community of Rome against the alleged illegal landgrabbing in their hometown Bgy. Malinis, Lemery, Batangas.

About 100 persons mostly, are relatives of families affected by the alleged landgrabbing, participated in the said initiative. They read an statement expressing their ire against Philippine Investment Development Corporation which has began to erect fences keeping out the peasants from the land they have been tilling for many decades with the complicity of local Police without court order or proofs that they indeed own the land they are claiming as their property. In accordance with the PD 27 of the Comprrehensive Agrarian Reform Program (CARP), the disputed land must be distributed to the tenants that tilled the land to implement the payment of the necessary Amortization.

  

The Malinisan Filipino Community of Rome is calling for solidarity from Filipino organizations.

The manifesto of Malinis Filipino  Community of Rome read during the mobilization :

PANGANGAMKAM NG LUPA SA BARANGAY MALINIS, LEMERY, BATANGASV ITIGIL NA!

Mariing kinokondena ng Samahan ng Brgy.  Malinisan Filipino commuinty Rome, Italy ang ginawang iligal na pagbabakod ng Phil. Regional Investment Development Corp. at grupo nina Renwick Razon sa lupain na nasasakupan ng aming Barangay.

Walang moral at legal na batayan ang kanilang ginawang pagbabakod  dahil wala silang pinakitang anumang katibayan na kanila ang nasabing lupain at court order para gawin ang nasabing pagbabakod.

Batay sa batas ang nasabing lupain ay saklaw ng  PD 27 ng Comprehensive Agrarian Reporm Program o Carp na nagsasaad na ang nasabing lupa ay nararapat ipamahagi sa mga magsasaka na naglinang nito at natugunan ang pagbabayad ng kaukulang Amortization.

Malinaw na isa itong tipo ng pangangamkam sa aming lupain na minana at matagal ng sinasaka ng aming mga ninuno.

Hindi kami papayag na yurakan at alisan kami ng karapatan sa nasabing Lupain para lamang sa interes ng ilang ganid na negosyante na tanging hinahangad lamang ang kanilang pansariling interes.

Mahigpit naming pinapaabot sa aming mga kabarangay ang aming mahigpit na pagsuporta sa kanila sa kanilang pakikipaglaban para hadlangan ang ginagawang pangangamkam na ito sa aming lupain.

Gayundin nanawagan kami ng suporta sa iba pang karatig barangay sa Bayan ng Lemery at iba pang mga kapwa OFWs dito sa Italya at iba pang kapwa taga Brgy. Malinis na nagtratrabaho sa ibang bansa, upang magsama-sama tayo na manawagan sa pagpapatigil ng iligal na pangangamkam na ito sa ating Lupain.

Iligal na Bakod sa aming Barangay Tanggalin na!

Phil. Regional Investment Development Corp. Ganid!

Tutulan Labanan iligal na pangangamkam sa ng Lupa sa Barangay Malinis!

Mamamayan ng Barangay Malinis Magkaisa, Karapatan sa Lupa Ipaglaban!

Nagkakaisang komunidad ng Malinisan sa Roma, Italya.

 

A photoshot of the manifestion at Piazza Capena, Rome on June 19 , 2016 (photo credit: Alex Reyes)

UMANGAT-MIGRANTE with ICHRP Rome and MPL’s Tanggol Migrante answered the call for solidarity from Malinisan Filipino Community of Rome. The Migrant organizations/groups closely supported the protest where they explained the need to include their protest and issue in the Migrants Summit to help them widen their fight 

Together, let us join our brothers and sisters of Malinisan Filipino Community of Rome in their just protest and help them stop the landgrabbing of greedy coirporation in their land.

Philippine Regional Investment Development Corporation, GREEDY!

CONDEMN AND FIGHT LANDGRABBING IN BARANGAY MALINIS!

NO TO LAND GRABBING!

FIGHT FOR GENUINE LAND REFORM!

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