Farmers add voice in SONA protests 0 SHARES Share it! The protesting farmers claimed “Duterte has done enough damage to the peasant sector and rural communities nationwide’’. The KMP at present said it has documented 214 farmers and land reform advocates killed since Duterte came to power in 2016. Also, peasant leaders from Masbate, Samar, and Mindanao are also joining the United People’s SONA to highlight the situation of farmers in their respective communities. In Visayas and Mindanao, farmers will link up with broad sectors to express outrage over the incessant killings of farmers and indigenous people and the de facto Martial imposed in Samar, Negros, and Bicol regions through Duterte’s Memorandum Order No.

Source: Manila Bulletin July 22, 2019 10:30 UTC