Module 14: Agrarian Reform: Historical Background of Agrarian Reform

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• The 1987 Constitution which was ratified during the Corazon Aquino Administration included the povisions creating an agrarian reform law ( Article xiii, Section 4) and promoting rural development and agrarian reform (Article ii, Section 21). In 1988, President Aquino signed Republic Act No. 6657, known as the Comprehensive Agrarian Reform Law or CARL.  The CARL was enacted to offer a lawful basis for the implementation of the Comprehensive Agrarian Reform Program or CARP. It took effect on June 15, 1988. Aquino enacted other laws such as: 1.  Executive Order No. 228 (July 16, 1987) which gave full ownership to qualified farmer-beneficiaries covered by PD 27.

• 2.  Executive Order No. 229 ( July 22, 1987) which provided mechanism for the implementation of the CARP. 3.  Proclamation No. 131 (July 22, 1987) which instituted the CARP as a major program of the government and provided for an Agrarian Reform Fund (ARF). 4.  Executive Order No. 129-A (July 26, 1987), streamlined and expanded the power and operations of the DAR 4.  Executive Order No. 407 (June 14, 1990), ordered the acceleration of the acquisition and distribution of agricultural lands and other lands suitable for agriculture.