Department of Agrarian Reform (DAR) Secretary Conrado M. Estrella III ordered the committee tasked with the formulation of the Implementing Rules and Regulations (IRR), of Republic Act No. 11953, or the New Agrarian Emancipation Act, to proceed with dispatch in the crafting of the IRR.
In his remarks at the first joint meeting of the committee, Estrella reiterated the need for a comprehensive IRR for the law’s smooth implementation and within the sixty (60) day deadline provided for, after its effectivity on July 23, 2023.
The Secretary also directed the committee and the technical working group to conduct public consultations in key agrarian reform communities in Luzon, Visayas and Mindanao, for their inputs with regard to the IRR.
The condonation of the debt burden of agrarian reform beneficiaries will cost P57.57B and benefit 610,054 agrarian reform beneficiaries (ARBs), covering 1,173,101.57 hectares of agrarian reform lands.
The government will also shoulder the balance of the obligations of 10,201 ARBS, tilling 11,531.24 hectares of agrarian reform lands, under the voluntary land transfer/direct payment scheme (VLT/DPS), amounting to P206,776.41.
The seven-man committee is headed by Napoleon U. Galit, DAR Undersecretary for Legal Affairs as Chairman, Engr. Alex Lorayes, LandBank Executive Vice-President as Vice-Chairman and Atty. Marilyn B. Barua-Yap, DAR Undersecretary for Special Concerns and External Affairs and Community Operations, Engr. Eduardo G. Guillen, NIA Acting Administrator, Atty. Gerardo P. Sirios, LRA Administrator, Atty. Marife O. Pascua, LandBank Vice-President and Atty. Luis Meinrado C. Pangulayan, DAR Undersecretary for Policy Planning and Research, as members.
The technical working group is composed of Dr. Fermin D. Adriano of the Kapatid Angat Lahat Program and Foundation for Economic Freedom, Atty. Christian S. Monsod, former Comelec Chair and Legal Counsel for various farmers groups, Leonardo Q. Montemayor, President of the Federation of Free Farmers Cooperatives, Margarito B. Teves, former Finance Secretary and board member, Foundation for Economic Freedom, Engr. Rosendo So of Samahang Industriya sa Agrikultura, Atty. Kazel G. Celeste, DAR Undersecretary for Field Operations, Marjorie P. Ayson, DAR Assistant Secretary for Field Operations, Atty. Rolando S. Cua, Board Member III, DAR Adjudication Board, Atty. Sheila B. Enciso, DAR Region 6 Director, Jamil P. Amatonding, Director, DAR Policy and Research Service, and Lilibeth G. Lee, Director, DAR Bureau of Land Tenure Improvement.
The committee was created by virtue of a memorandum from the Office of the President issued by Executive Secretary Lucas P. Bersamin, on August 3, 2023, and DAR Special Order No. 508, pursuant to Section 12 of Republic Act No. 11953, on August 7, 2023.
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Estrella pinabilis ang pagbuo ng IRR para sa New Agrarian Emancipation Act
Ipinag-utos ni Department of Agrarian Reform (DAR) Secretary Conrado M. Estrella III ang komite na inatasan sa pagbuo ng Implementing Rules and Regulations (IRR), ng Republic Act No. 11953, o ang New Agrarian Emancipation Act, na magpatuloy sa pagsasagawa ng IRR.
Sa kanyang mga pahayag sa unang pinagsamang pagpupulong ng komite, muling iginiit ni Estrella ang pangangailangan para sa komprehensibong IRR para sa maayos na pagpapatupad ng batas at sa loob ng animnapung (60) araw na itinakdang panahon, pagkatapos ng bisa nito noong Hulyo 23, 2023.
Inatasan din ng Kalihim ang komite at ang technical working group na magsagawa ng mga pampublikong konsultasyon sa mga agrarian reform communities sa Luzon, Visayas at Mindanao, para sa kanilang mga kontribusyon patungkol sa IRR.
Ang pagbubura sa pasanin sa utang ng mga agrarian reform beneficiaries ay magkakahalaga ng P57.57B kung saan makikinabang ang 610,054 agrarian reform beneficiaries (ARBs), na sumasaklaw sa 1,173,101.57 ektarya ng mga lupasa ilalim ng repormang agraryo.
Sasagutin din ng gobyerno ang balanse ng mga obligasyon ng 10,201 ARBS, na nagsasaka ng 11,531.24 ektarya ng lupang agraryo, sa ilalim ng voluntary land transfer/direct payment scheme (VLT/DPS), na nagkakahalaga ng P206,776.41.
Ang seven-man committee ay pinamumunuan ni Napoleon U. Galit, DAR Undersecretary for Legal Affairs bilang Chairman, Engr. Alex Lorayes, LandBank Executive Vice-President bilang Vice-Chairman at Atty. Marilyn B. Barua-Yap, DAR Undersecretary for Special Concerns and External Affairs and Community Operations, Engr. Eduardo G. Guillen, NIA Acting Administrator, Atty. Gerardo P. Sirios, LRA Administrator, Atty. Marife O. Pascua, LandBank Vice-President at Atty. Luis Meinrado C. Pangulayan, DAR Undersecretary for Policy Planning and Research, bilang mga miyembro.
Ang technical working group ay binubuo nina Dr. Fermin D. Adriano ng Kapatid Angat Lahat Program at Foundation for Economic Freedom, Atty. Christian S. Monsod, dating Comelec Chair at Legal Counsel para sa iba’t ibang grupo ng mga magsasaka, Leonardo Q. Montemayor, Presidente ng Federation of Free Farmers Cooperatives, Margarito B. Teves, dating Finance Secretary at board member, Foundation for Economic Freedom, Engr. Rosendo So ng Samahang Industriya sa Agrikultura, Atty. Kazel G. Celeste, DAR Undersecretary for Field Operations, Marjorie P. Ayson, DAR Assistant Secretary for Field Operations, Atty. Rolando S. Cua, Board Member III, DAR Adjudication Board, Atty. Sheila B. Enciso, Direktor ng Rehiyon 6 ng DAR, Jamil P. Amatonding, Director, ng DAR Policy and Research Service at Lilibeth G. Lee, Director, ng DAR Bureau of Land Tenure Improvement.
Ang komite ay nilikha sa bisa ng isang memorandum mula sa Tanggapan ng Pangulo na inisyu ni Executive Secretary Lucas P. Bersamin, noong Agosto 3, 2023 at DAR Special Order No. 508, alinsunod sa Seksyon 12 ng Republic Act No. 11953, noong Agosto 7, 2023.
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