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Leaps
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Ordeals
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Sacrifices |
Ideological
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National Milieu |
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1988
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The NPB chooses to implement a more
self-sufficient posture by capitalizing on
internally generated resources instead of relying on
external assistance. The situation is aggravated by
business difficulties encountered by a number of
FFFCI affiliates. |
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The “Mendiola Massacre” prods the
Aquino administration and Congress to fasttrack the
passage of the Comprehensive Agrarian Reform Law (R.A.
No. 6657).
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1990 |
FFF leader Alfonso V. Laguna is appointed to the
Board of Administrators of the Cooperative
Development Authority by President Corazon Aquino. |
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1991 |
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Jeremias U. Montemayor plays an
active role in the Plenary Council of the
Philippines - II. He underscores the fundamental
role of lay persons and their organizations in
reforming and developing Philippine society. |
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1992
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President Fidel Ramos appoints FFF
Secretary-General Leonardo Montemayor as Peasant
Sector Representative in the House of
Representatives (Ninth Congress). |
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A peaceful transition marks the
ascent of Fidel Ramos as President. |
1994 |
FFF deplores “uneven playing field” under the World
Trade Organization and airs doubts that government
can adequately fund “safety nets” during the Senate
debate on ratification of the GATT-Uruguay Round
Agreements.
President Ramos confers
Presidential Golden Plow award to the FFF for
outstanding contributions to the agrarian reform
program. |
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After intense debates, the Senate ratifies the
GATT-Uruguay Round Agreements and Philippine
membership in the World Trade Organization. |
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1995
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Leonardo Montemayor is reappointed to the House of
Representatives (Tenth Congress). President Ramos
also appoints former FFF vice president Glicerio J.
Tan as Peasant Sector Representative. |
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1996 |
Second edition of Toward a Filipino Ideology
is published. |
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1997 |
FFF and allied groups establish the peasant
party-list group, Alyansang Bayanihan ng mga
Magsasaka, Manggagawang-Bukid at Mangingisda (ABA). |
Following the appointment of Leonardo Montemayor to
the House of Representatives in 1992 and 1995, the
FFF prepares for active participation in the
legislature through its party-list group, ABA.
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97-98. The Asian financial crisis rocks the economy.
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1998 |
ABA places second in the first
party-list elections and is represented in the
Eleventh Congress by its first nominee, Leonardo
Montemayor.
FFF successfully hosts World
Farmers Congress in Manila. Leonardo Montemayor is
elected Vice President of the International
Federation of Agricultural Producers. |
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1999 |
President Joseph Estrada appoints Raul Montemayor as
Board Chairman of the Philippine Crop Insurance
Corporation.
President Estrada awards
Presidential Golden Plow Award to Jeremias
Montemayor. |
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2001 |
President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo appoints Leonardo
Montemayor as Secretary of Agriculture. Dioscoro A.
Granada, ABA’s number two nominee, assumes
Montemayor’s congressional seat. |
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President Joseph Estrada is unseated, following an
aborted impeachment trial and EDSA II “people power”
demonstrations. Gloria M. Arroyo assumes the
presidency. |
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2002 |
Ruben Presilda is elected new FFF president,
following the death of Jeremias Montemayor. |
FFF founder Jeremias U. Montemayor
dies on June 9.
Leonardo Montemayor is suddenly
removed as Agriculture Secretary on November 30.
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2003 |
Leonardo Montemayor is elected FFF
president. The ABA enters
into coalition with the urban poor party-list
organization, Adhikain at Kilusan ng Ordinaryong
Tao (AKO).
The Supreme Court orders the
proclamation of the ABA as one of the winners in the
May 200l party-list elections. Dioscoro Granada is
proclaimed ABA representative in the Twelfth
Congress. |
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