SECTOR: Agriculture
SONA YEAR: 2022
Pass National Land Use Act
PROMISE STATUS - DATE: Stalled as of 07/17/2023
- On May 22, the House of Representatives approved on the third and final reading the institutionalization of a national land use policy.
- In the Senate, five national land use bills are pending at the committee level.
- On Feb. 3, Senate President Juan Miguel Zubiri said he is seeking the support of Sen. Cynthia Villar, chairperson of the agriculture committee, to pass a National Land Use Act. However, Villar expressed her disagreement on this policy in a heated argument with Sen. Raffy Tulfo last year during a plenary discussion on the DA’s proposed budget for 2023.