1. Spanish period Hacienda Luisita (HL) was once owned by the Spanish owners “Compania General de Tabacos de Filipinas’ (TABACALERA) with 6, 443-hectare mixed agricultural-industrial- resiciential in Tarlac “Martial law administration filed a suit before the Manila Regional Trial Court (RTC) against TADECO, etal for them to surrender HL to then Ministry of Agrarian Reform (now DAR) so that the land can be distributed to farmers at cost -Cojuangcos alleged that HL does not have tenants, besides w/sugar lands are not covered by existing agrarian reform legislation HACIENDA LUISITA: TIMELINE - Problems with Huk rebels led TABACALERA to sell HL and the sugar mill Central Azucarera de Tarlac. ~The Tarlac Development Corporation (TADECO), ‘owned and/or controlled by the Jose “Pepe” Cojuangco, St Group, was willing to buy, -MRTC ordered TADECO to surrender HL to the Ministry of Agrarian Reform, Cojuangcos decried this as an act of harassment and © elevated the matter to the Court of Appeals. ‘The Philippine government assisted TADECO in obtaining a dollar loan from a US bank to pay for the dollar component of the sale, while the GSIS extended a P5.911 M loan to pay the peso price component. Aquino + 1987 January 22 -Mendiola Massacre luly 22 Cory issues Presidential Proclamation 131 and EO 229 calling for a Comprehensive Agrarian Reform Program outlining her agrarian reform program, -E0 229 created the Presidential Agrarian Reform Council (PARC) as the highest policy-making body that formulates all policies, rules, and regulations necessary for the implementation of CARP. presidency One of the conditions for the GSIS loan was that the lots comprising HL shall be subdivided by TADECO and sold at cost to the tenants, if any, and whenever [| conditions should exist warranting such action ‘The Office of the Solicitor General under Sol. Gen. Frank | Chavez moved to ee CA dismissed the case the Marcos | instituted and won. |Pres. Aquino signed into Jaw RA 6657 (Comprehensive Agrarian Reform Law). A clause included Stock District, Office ($00), which allows landowners to give farmers shares of stock In a corporation instead of land, August 23 TADECO established Hacienda Luisita lnc (HLD to implement the distribution of stocks to farmers in the hacienda 4. Fidel Ramos Presidency +1998 September 1 ‘The Provincial Board of Tarlac under Gov Margarita “Tingting” Cojuangco, passed a resolution that reclassified 3, 290 out of Luisita’s 4, 915, hectares from agricultural to commercial, industrial and residential August 14 DAR approved for conversion 500 hectares of the Luisita land, -Cojuangcos justified Luisita’s SDO by saying itwas impractical to divide the hacienda’s 4, 915.75 hectares among 6,296 farm workers because this would give farmers less than one hectare of land each (.78 h of land per person), March 22, Deed of Assignment and Conveyance executed between TADECO and HLI where TADECO transferred and conveyed to HLI the titles over the lots in 5. Gloria Arroyo presidency -By this time, the farm workers’ daily wage flattened at P194.50 and work days were down to one per week. ‘The hacienda workers then filed a petition with the DAR to have the SDO agreement revoked October 14 -Workers from the HLL supervisory group petitioned the DAR to revoke the SDO, saying they were not receiving the dividends and other benefits earlier promised to them. Two months later, a petition }| to revoke the SDO bearing more than 5.300 signatures ws }) filed by union officers at the DAR to revoke Luisita’s farm workers: were asked to choose between stocks or land inareferendum. The SDO won 92.9% of the F) vote. A 2x! referendum and information campaign were held five months later and ‘SDO won again, getting By 96.75% of the vote. ; May. When the CARP was implemented in HL, the | farm workers’ ‘ownership of the plantation was pegged at 33%, while the Cojuangcos retained the SDO and stop land conversion in Luisita + 2004 July ~The union tried to negotiate a wage H increase to P25 per day. Workers also asked that the work days be increased to 2- 3 days per week, instead of just once a disagreed, claiming that the company was losing money. November 16 Luisita massacre +» 2005, November 25. 2014: February 22 ~The DAR's Task Force Luisita conducted an F) investigation and focus group discussions among the farm workers [| week. The management # HACIENDA LUISITA: TIMELINE 67%, Assets of HLI is put at P590 M, of which 196.6 M comprise the value of the agricultural land. November 21 ‘Then- Agrarian Reform Sec. Miriam Defensor- F| Santiago approved the SDO agreement of Luisita, -Task Force Luisita | submitted the findings and recommendations} from its investigation, which became the government's basis for revoking Luisita’s Stock Distribution Option (SDO) and ordering the distribution of the H hacienda’s land to the farmers a few months later. E| Task Force Luisita recommended the revocation of the stock distribution agreement forged in May 1989, saying the SDO failed to fulfill the objectives of the Comprehensive Agrarian Reform Law b 5 t i 25 about promoting social justice and improving the lives of the farmers. December 22 Presidential Agrarian Retorm Council (PARC)Issued Resolution No. 2008-32-01, ordering the revocation of Luisita’s SDO agreement and the distribution of the hacienda's beneficiaries, 2006 February 1 -HLI asked the Supreme Court to prevent the PARG from enforcing the resolution 200634-01was issued ‘The Supreme Court granted HLI's petition snd issued a temporary restraining order, preventing the PARC from canceling the SDO agreement, HACIENDA LUISITA: TIMELINE june -Negotiations between the ILI management and some farmers began after representatives of AMBALA and the Supervisory group wrote to DAR that they are amenable to an out- of-court settlement. 6. Noynoy Aquino presidency | a compromise agreement giving the farmers the chance to remain as HL stockholders, or receive their share of Hacienda Luisita land. Many voted to retain their stocks and receive cash from HLI, only to complain later that they got lite HLI asked the Supreme Court to approve the compromise deal the agreement to represent the plantation’s farmer. beneficiaries. * 2011 duly 5 ‘The Supreme Court held the PARC's order revoking Hacienda Luisita Inc's stock distribution plan, The SC also ordered the DAR to administer the conduct of another referendum where the want to remain as HLT stockholders or receive actual land instead. ‘The SC said that while the stock distribution plan is nullified, the qualified farmer beneficiaries must still be given the option to choose if they want to remain as stockholders or not. \z/ * November 22 Responding to an appeal, court votes 14-0 for distribution of 4,195 hectares of the hacienda t0 6, 296 farm worker ff valuation. HL files a motion for reconsideration and clarification against the high tribunal's ruling A faction of the farmers’ groups asked the SC to junk the ‘compromise deal because it was signed even before the high court could rule on the Validity of the stock distribution option {SDO), one of the two choices offered by HLL to the farmers in the agreement (the other choice was land distribution). The rival faction also questioned the authority of the signatories in the