Republika ng Pilipinas

DEPARTMENT OF AGRARIAN
Kagawaran ng Repormang Pansakahan
REFORM

Presidential Agrarian
Reform Council
(PARC)

Presidential Agrarian Reform Council

(PARC)
The PARC is the highest policy and
decision-making body for agrarian reform
matters and disputes.
Consists of 12 Departments
Sectoral Representatives

Functions of the
PARC

The PARC shall formulate and/or implement

the policies, rules and regulations necessary
to implement each component of the CARP,
and may authorize any of its members to
formulate rules and regulations concerning
aspects of agrarian reform falling within their
area of responsibility. (EO 229)

FUNCTIONS OF THE PARC

Per RA 6657 as amended
Shall provide Implementing Rules for the Land
Acquisition and Distribution Program. (Section 7, RA
6657)

Shall decide on meritorious cases pertaining to the

award of land to qualified beneficiaries. (Section 25,
RA 6657)

Shall determine the land amortization of

beneficiaries. (Section 26, RA 6657)

FUNCTIONS OF THE PARC

Per RA 6657 as amended

4. Ensures the provision of support services to

FBs such as land Surveying and Titling. (Section
37-A, RA 6657)

5. Provides the affected landowner with

investment information/assistance and other
services to productively utilize the proceeds
of the sale of such lands. (Section 38, RA 6657)

COMPOSITION OF THE PARC

Chairperson
ViceChairperson

Member

President of the Republic of the Philippines

Secretary of Agrarian Reform
Secretary of the Department of Agriculture (DA)
Secretary of the Department of Environment and Natural
Resources (DENR)
Secretary of the Department of Budget and Management
(DBM)
Secretary of the Department of Interior and Local Government
(DILG)
Secretary of the Department of Public Works and Highways
(DPWH)
Secretary of the Department of Trade and Industry (DTI)
Secretary of the Department of Finance (DOF)
Secretary of the Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE)
Director-General of the National Economic and Development

OTHER MEMBERS OF THE

PARC
Six (6) Representatives of
affected landowners
representing Luzon, Visayas and
Mindanao
Six (6) Representatives of
Agrarian Reform Beneficiaries
representing Luzon, Visayas and
Mindanao*

Two (2) representatives each

for Luzon, Visayas and
Mindanao
Two (2) representatives each
for Luzon, Visayas and
Mindanao

Provided that at least one (1) of them shall be from the indigenous
peoples and one (1) of them shall come from a duly recognized
national organization of rural women or a national organization of
agrarian reform beneficiaries

PROVINCIAL AGRARIAN REFORM

COORDINATING COMMITTEE
(PARCCOM)
The PARCCOM shall coordinate and
monitor the implementation of the
CARP in the province. It shall provide
information on the provisions of the
CARP, guidelines issued by the PARC
and on the progress of the CARP in
the province

PROVINCIAL AGRARIAN REFORM

COORDINATING COMMITTEE (PARCCOM)
COMPOSITION
Chairman appointed by the President
PARO as Executive Officer

MEMBERS
Department of Agriculture
Department of Environment and Natural
Resources (DENR)
Land Bank of the Philippines
Existing Farmers Organization/Association
Non-government Organization
Agricultural Cooperative
Landowners
Farmer and farmworker beneficiaries

One (1)
representative each

Two (2)
representatives each

BARANGAY AGRARIAN REFORM

COMMITTEE
Per EO 229 and RA 6657

BARC shall operate on a self-help basis.

Mediate and conciliate between parties
involved in an agrarian dispute including
matters related to tenurial and financial
arrangements.
Participate and give support to the
implementation of programs on agrarian
reform.
Assist in the identification of qualified
beneficiaries and landowners within the

COMPOSITION
OF
THE
BARC
BARANGAY
AGRARIAN
Per EO 229 (July 1987)
Farmer
and
Farmworker
REFORM COMMITTEE
(BARC)
Beneficiaries
One (1) Representative
each

Farmer and Farmworker NonBeneficiaries

Agricultural Cooperatives
Farmer
Organizations/Associations
Barangay Council
Non-government Organizations
landowners

DA Official assigned in
the area
DENR Official assigned in

35th PARC MEETING

Held last September
12 2016 in
Malacaan
35TH PARC MEETING
FIRST TIME IN TEN
YEARS; PRESIDED BY
PRES. DUTERTE

35 PARC MEETING
PRESIDENTIAL DIRECTIVES
TH

PRESIDENTIAL DIRECTIVE 1
THE PRESIDENT WANTS DAR
TO TAKE THE LEAD IN
ADDRESSING ISSUES IN
AGRARIAN REFORM. HE
WANTS PARC TO BE MORE
RESPONSIVE TO THE ISSUES

PRESIDENTIAL DIRECTIVE 2
THE PRESIDENT WANTS
LEGISLATION TO REMOVE
FROM ARBS THE BURDEN
OF AMORTIZING FOR THEIR
AWARDED LANDS. HE
WANTS THIS POLICY IN

PRESIDENTIAL DIRECTIVE 3
THE PRESIDENT STRESSES
THE NEED TO MAKE
IRRIGATION FACILITIES
AVAILABLE TO FARMERS
WITHOUT FEES.

PRESIDENTIAL DIRECTIVE 4
THE PRESIDENT INTRUCTED
LANDBANK TO PROVIDE MORE
ASSISTANCE TO ARBS. LET
LANDBANK FUNCTION AS THE
BANK FOR THE ARBS AND LESS
OF A COMMERCIAL BANK.

PARC RESOLUTIONS ON
CERTAIN HACIENDAS and
AGREEMENTS ON PROGRAM
IMPLEMENTATION

PARC RESOLUTION 1
APPROVED THE IMPOSITION OF A
MORATORIUM ON CONVERSION
OF AGRICULTURAL LANDS WITH
PRESIDENT ISSUING AN EO.

PARC RESOLUTION 2
REVOKED THE 1992 PARC RESO.
AND NULLIFIED THE SDO OF
WUTHRICH HERMANOS. THUS
174.31 HECTARES FOR LAND
DISTRIBUTION IN CALATRAVA,
NEGROS OCCIDENTAL.

PARC RESOLUTION 3
REVOKED THE 1993 PARC RESO AND
NULLIFIED THE SDO OF SVJ FARMS
( SUGAR PLANTATION). THUS 170.65
HECTARES FOR LAND DISTRIBUTION
IN TALISAY CITY IN NEGROS
OCCIDENTAL.

PARC RESOLUTION 4
REVOKED THE 2002 PARC RESO
AND NULLIFIED THE AVA BETWEEM
ARBS AND MARSMAN ESTATE
PLANTATION INC. ( MEPI). THUS,
ALMOST 800 HECTARES OF THE
BANANA PLANTATION IS AVAILABLE
FOR THE 762 ARBs UNDER THE AR

PARC RESOLUTION
IN ALL THE REVOCATION ACTIONS OF
PARC OF THE TWO SDOS AND THE
AVA, PARC EXECOM SHALL EXECUTE
THE ACQUISITION, DISTRIBUTION AND
PROVISION OF SUPPORT SERVICES.

PRESIDENTIAL
INSTRUCTIONS

PRESIDENTIAL INSTRUCTION 1

THE PRESIDENT EMPHATICALLY

STATED THAT HE WILL ALWAYS
STAND BY THE SIDE OF THE
FARMER AND THE CONSTITUTION.

PRESIDENTIAL INSTRUCTION 2
THE PRESIDENT WARNED ALL
DEPARTMENTS NEVER TO RESORT TO
CONTRACTS WHICH CIRCUMVENT THE
LAWS AS THE CONTRACTS OF THE
REVOKED SDOS AND AVA.

PRESIDENTIAL INSTRUCTION 3

DAR WILL CONVENE THE PARC

EXCOM ASAP TO IMPLEMENT
THE PARC RESOLUTIONS.

MARAMING SALAMAT!

Republika ng Pilipinas

DEPARTMENT OF AGRARIAN
Kagawaran ng Repormang Pansakahan
REFORM