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Former militant lawmaker Mariano says he does “not endorse armed struggle” as Agrarian Reform secretary

(Eagle News) — Former Anakpawis party-list representative and chairman of the militant peasant group Kilusang Magbubukid ng Pilipinas Rafael Mariano said he does “not endorse armed struggle” as Agrarian Reform Secretary. Mariano said this before members of the agrarian reform committee of the powerful Commission on Appointments, which could decide on his nomination as head of the agrarian reform department on Wednesday afternoon. He gave the pronouncement a day after Senate Majority Leader Vicente Sotto III […]