Preliminary Title
Article 7Statement of objectives.
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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