Honasan: Senate considering inquiry on Luisita deal

Senator Gregorio Honasan said the Senate is considering conducting an inquiry on the so-called compromise agreement between Hacienda Luisita Inc. (HLI) and its farmer-beneficiaries.

"The hearing is under consideration," Honasan told reporters in an interview on Monday.

He issued the statement after two militant peasant groups called on the Senate and the House of Representatives to look into the agreement which gave 10,000 farmers the option to retain their stocks in HLI or get their free land in the disputed 6,453-hectare sugar estate in Tarlac province.

In an interview over Unang Hirit early Monday, lawyer Tony Ligon, HLI spokesperson, said out of the 7,442 farmer-beneficiaries who took part in the referendum, 7,300 voted to retain their stocks under the corporation's SDO.

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