Is this the right decision?
“Taguig Mayor Lani Cayetano said she and her husband, Senator Alan Peter Cayetano, were informed by President Noynoy Aquino himself that he had directed the Philippine Army’s Task Group Bantay not to proceed with the mass eviction of the informal settlers who are occupying parts of the Libingan ng mga Bayani in Fort Bonifacio,” reports Jaymee T. Gamil in Philippine Daily Inquirer.
Mayor Cayetano was quoted as saying, “On behalf of almost 2,000 families residing in parts of Libingan ng mga Bayani, I thank President Aquino for his immediate action on this issue. We are lucky to have a reasonable President who listens to the people. And because of this fast undertaking, I expect that the tension in the area will now subside and that the lives of the families will go back to normal.”
The said informal settler families are in Katipunan Village, Sitio Masagana, Sitio Masigasig, Sitio Maliwanag, and Sitio Matatag, which are considered within the Libingan property in Western Bicutan, Taguig.
The Army’s Task Group had sent sent the informal settlers a notice of eviction on May 22.
The report noted: “The notice has also cited two Supreme Court decisions, in 2006 and in 2013, which denied the residents’ bid to have the land reclassified as alienable and disposable.”
So, what happens now? Does this mean the informal settlers can stay forever on Libingan ng mga Bayani property?
