Peasants ask: Why are ‘opposition’ provinces Quezon, Laguna not on list of coco-levy funded areas?
By Lira Dalangin-Fernandez, InterAksyon.com
May 20, 2013

MANILA, Philippines — A militant peasant group on Monday questioned the Department of Budget and Management (DBM) for leaving out Quezon and Laguna in the priority provinces to be funded by the coco levy.

The Kilusang Magbubukid ng Pilipinas (KMP) suspects that the “arbitrary” exclusion may have something to do with Quezon and Laguna being “opposition” provinces.

“The exclusion of ‘opposition provinces’ from the priority areas to be funded by the coco levy funds shows Malacanang’s sinister plan to use small coconut farmers’ money for political purposes,” said KMP deputy secretary general Willy Marbella in a statement released on Monday.

David C. Suarez, governor of Quezon, has been reelected in the May 2013 midterm polls. Suarez trounced gubernatorial rival Irvin Alcala of the Liberal Party (LP) with a margin of 59,952 votes. Suarez is from the National Union Party formed by former members of former President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo‘s Lakas-Kampi-CMD party.

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