Presidential aspirant Vice President Leni Robredo and her running mate vice presidential bet Senator Kiko Pangilinan gained another set of endorsements for the May 2022 polls, this time from over 150 farmer organizations and food security advocates across country.
Ten days before the May 2022 polls, 158 local farmer organizations and food security advocates endorsed the Leni-Kiko tandem.
“We have seen various personalities and groups express support for various candidates. It is high time for small farmers’ voices to be heard,” said Kilusang Magbubukid ng Pilipinas (KMP) Chairperson Danilo Ramos in a press conference held on Friday, April 29.
During the press conference, the signatory-organizations underscored their demands for the “advancement of genuine land reform, opposition to foreign domination in agriculture, uplifting the lives of farmers and rural population, strengthening of the local agriculture, and upholding justice and peace rights of farmers.”
Meanwhile, the farmers also reiterated that apart from the tandem’s “clear efforts” at addressing rural poverty, Leni-Kiko’s “clean record and lack of any corruption issue” is one of the reasons why they opted to vote for the tandem.