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Preliminary Title

Article 7Statement of objectives.

PD 442 · Labor Code of the PhilippinesELI5 guide available

ELI5— what this means for you

This article explains the policy behind the agrarian reform provisions of the original Labor Code — recognizing that land concentration fueled social unrest and that tenant emancipation was a reform goal.

Key point

Official text — PD 442

Statement of objectives.

Inasmuch as the old concept of land ownership by a few has spawned valid and legitimate grievances that gave rise to violent conflict and social tension and the redress of such legitimate grievances being one of the fundamental objectives of the New Society, it has become imperative to start reformation with the emancipation of the tiller of the soil from his bondage.

Source: lawphil.net (PD 442 as amended)

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