The Department of AgrarianReform–Cagayan (DARPO-Cagayan), Legal Assistance Division has adopted another
effective strategy in bringing its services to where it is needed most by
conducting a scheduled legal clinic in faraway barangays throughout the province.
This is accomplished by a team from the
DARPO Legal Division going to a certain barangay in a municipality coordinated
with the DAR Municipal Agrarian Reform Office (DARMO). Upon arrival,
simultaneous activities such as lectures, legal counselling and mediation
groups attend to specific needs of the farmers. If the parties in a case
requiring mediation are present, a mediation conference is instantly conducted
by assigned legal officers which usually ends up with an amicable settlement.
According to Atty. Fatima Yadao, Chief
of the Legal Division of DARPO-Cagayan, many agrarian disputes have been
resolved on site, i.e., farmers do not have to travel to its office at the
DARPO in Tuguegarao for the resolution of issues affecting landowner-tenant
relationship and other agrarian disputes.
The onsite legal
forum also includes lectures and discussions about agrarian laws. An open forum
elicits questions from farmers, landowners, farm workers and local officials
(barangay and municipal officials) and other CARP stakeholders usually resolves
issues that would have concluded in protracted and expensive litigations.
Matters requiring more serious consideration are scheduled for resolution at
the DARPO if warranted.
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