Committee for Land Dispute Settlement

Complexity of current land laws and administrative regulations confuse settler-farmers.
Dispossession and threats of dispossession occur due to legal technicalities and speculative practices.
The current policy framework does not adequately safeguard the interests of small farmers and peasants.

To study and review existing land policies, laws, and administrative rules related to land disputes.
To focus on the needs of the agro-industrial sector and small landholders such as peasants and farmers.
To evolve and recommend new policies and laws aimed at simplifying processes and prioritizing small settlers.
To establish clear priorities for the settlement of land disputes and the granting of land titles.

Chaired by the Undersecretary of Agriculture.
Members include Undersecretaries of Justice and National Defense, and Directors of the Bureaus of Forestry, Lands, and Mines.
Includes Deputy Governor for Operations of the Land Authority, Director of Agro-Industrial Department (Board of Investments), and Director of Legal and Policy Research (Presidential Economic Staff).
Involves representatives from sectoral organizations: Federation of Cattle Raisers, Federation of Free Farmers, and Philippine Chamber of Wood Industries.

Committee is authorized to seek assistance from any government department, bureau, agency, or government-owned or controlled corporation.
Local government units are also obliged to extend assistance when requested.

The Committee is mandated to complete and submit its study within ninety (90) days from the signing date of the Executive Order.

Created under the authority vested in the President by law.
Emphasis on aligning the land settlement policies with national goals of economic development and social justice.
The order directs urgent action to ease the plight of small landholders and address the multiplicity of unresolved land claims.