The mother of landowner Magdaleno Peña has issued an affidavit of disclaimer stating that she has not authorized anyone to eject people occupying property she co-owns in Pulupandan town.

Lina Montilla Peña, in her affidavit, said she is co-owner of several lots in Pulupandan town in the name of SLC Farms.

SLC stands for Soledad Montilla - her mother, Lina - herself and Candido Montilla - her brother, she said.

As co-owner "I have not authorized any person to file any case for ejectment against any person or persons who are occupying the said lots," she said.

Her son, Magdaleño, has filed ejection cases in court to seek the removal of about 2,000 houses of people he said are squatting on property he and his family own.

His mother, in her affidavit, said that the cases that have already been filed, including those that will be filed later against the lots owned by SLC, are without her authority and should be outrightly dismissed.

But Peña yesterday said his mother does not have any say since he has majority control over SLC Farms.

"I control two-thirds, she is a mere minority," he said of his mother.

Peña said he is the administrator of the estate of his grandmother, Soledad, and the legal guardian of his uncle, Candido.

"They both refused to have anything to do with Lina," he claimed.

Peña said his mother was not happy that control of the estate was turned over to him by his grandmother in the 1990s.

Peña said SLC Farms only owns 5 percent of the Pulupandan poblacion while the 75 percent is owned by his other relatives who have commissioned him to eject the squatters from their lands.*CPG

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