The Department of Agrarian Reform (DAR) has threatened legal action against Hacienda Luisita Inc. (HLI) should the corporation cause any more delays in implementing a four-year-old Supreme Court order of a P1.3-billion payout to the sugar plantation’s farmers. To date, the amount has yet to be audited by three firms identified by the Supreme Court, much less distributed in accordance with the high tribunal’s order. “This should have been done as early as 2012 but this was not done because of the delaying tactics of HLI. Like now, they want to change their audit firm in the Supreme Court,” Pangulayan said in English and Filipino. If we see any more delaying tactics by HLI, we will cite them in contempt in the Supreme Court,” he added.

Source: Philippine Daily Inquirer October 10, 2016 17:03 UTC