Peasant groups welcomed the declaration of President Marcos to immediately address problems besetting the agriculture sector but fishers’ groups lamented that the new Chief Executive failed to mention their right to fish in the West Philippine Sea (WPS) in his inaugural speech. “Hearing the highest elected public official of the land accept the reality that the sector has been neglected and misdirected is a good starting point,” Danny Carranza, secretary general of the national farmers’ group Kilusan Para sa Tunay na Repormang Agraryo at Katarungang Panlipunan, said in an interview on Friday.

Mallari, Jr. D., & Aglibot, J. R. (2022, July 2). Farmers laud Marcos' agriculture focus; fishers hit 'silence' on WPS. Philippine Daily Inquirer, p. A7.