ILOILO CITY (PIA) -- The Department of Agrarian Reform (DAR) 6 is elated on the agrarian reform plans of President Ferdinand Romualdez Marcos, Jr. following his recent first State of the Nation Address.

DAR 6 regional director and lawyer Sheila Enciso, in a Facebook post, said that the agency is one with the President’s statement, particularly on imposing the one year moratorium of payment of land amortization and interest payments among agrarian reform beneficiaries (ARBs).   

“It will not only allay the burden for farmer beneficiaries but also, it will help them to focus their resources in procuring farm inputs like fertilizers, seeds, planting materials, and farm machinery, ” Enciso emphasized.

among landless war veterans, landless surviving spouse and orphans of war veterans, and landless retirees of the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) and the Philippine National Police (PNP) in accordance with Section 40 of the Republic Act No. 6657, as amended.

Meanwhile, DAR 6 assured the agency’s steadfast commitment in following the directives conveyed by the President.

“DAR is sure to sustain its role of transforming lives through the land reform program,” the agency said in a Facebook post. (JBG/LMLE/PIA6)