QuestionsQuestions (PROCLAMATION NO. 1093)
The Committee was created by President Ferdinand E. Marcos pursuant to the powers vested in him by law.
The primary reasons include the increasing population pressure, decreasing areas of disposable public land, industrial demand for development, the socially urgent clamor of small settlers and farmers for land, and the prevalence of land disputes often caused by legal and administrative complexities and unscrupulous speculators.
The Committee is mandated to study and review present policies embodied in land laws and administrative rules, evolve and recommend new laws and policies, establish priorities for land dispute settlements, and issue land titles in a manner favorable to small settlers, peasants, and farmers.
The Committee is chaired by the Undersecretary for Agriculture.
Members include the Undersecretary of Justice, Undersecretary of National Defense, Director of the Bureau of Forestry, Director of the Bureau of Lands, Director of the Bureau of Mines, Deputy Governor for Operations of the Land Authority, among others.
Yes, the Committee may seek assistance from any department, bureau, office, agency or instrumentality of the national government, including government-owned or controlled corporations and local government instrumentalities.
The Committee is required to finish and submit its study within 90 days from the issuance of the Executive Order.
Land dispute resolutions and titling should be compatible with the country's objectives for economic development and social justice, simplifying complexities for small farmers and preventing dispossession caused by legal and administrative intricacies.