Duterte meets Lapanday farmers camped out at Mendiola

President Rodrigo Duterte on Tuesday met with farmers who have been camping out on Mendiola since the start of May.

Outside of his schedule, the president proceeded to Mendiola to listen to the concerns of around 200 banana plantation farmers who want Lapanday Foods Corporation to turn over the lands to agrarian reform beneficiaries.

The farmers belong to the Madaum Agrarian Reform Beneficiaries Inc. (MARBAI) in Lapanday Foods Corporation in Tagum, Davao del Norte.

Duterte also invited the farmers to a dinner at the Manila Hotel after the dialogue. —Jessica Bartolome with Malacañang photos/NB, GMA News