Groups told Aquino: Don't lease Philippine lands to China
- ALLVOICES
- 30 August 2011
By Gang Gong Li, Gerry Albert Corpuz and Portnip Pakangcharap
By Gang Gong Li, Gerry Albert Corpuz and Portnip Pakangcharap
Peasant leaders and agrarian reform advocates joined their Filipinos counterparts in the first “International Speak Out Against Global Land grabbing” held in Quezon City.
The Asian Peasant Coalition and Peasant Movement of the Philippines slam World Bank’s “seven principles”.
"The only protection against international land-grabbing that we can see for the Philippines is the Genuine Agrarian Reform Bill, a bill written by us peasants to protect our right to land and to achieve food security for our country"
Walden Bello said that many of the deals were struck in dysfunctional and corruption-ridden nations, and rejected claims the land being signed away is of poor quality, and that the projects will bring jobs and improve infrastructure. “What we’re talking about is private parties using state contracts to enrich themselves,” he said. “It’s an intersection of corrupt governments and land-hungry nations.”
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