SECTOR: Agriculture
SONA YEAR: 2022
Amend section 26 of RA 6657
PROMISE STATUS - DATE: Fulfilled as of 07/17/2023
- On March 22, Congress ratified the bicameral report on the disagreeing provisions of Senate Bill No. 1850 and House Bill No. 6336, otherwise known as the new Agrarian Emancipation Act.
- On July 7, Marcos signed the bill into law which condones at least P58 billion in unpaid debts incurred by over 600,000 farmer-beneficiaries of the government’s agrarian reform program. This includes all unpaid amortizations, interests, penalties and surcharges of awarded lands.