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Solstice Community Cooperative (SCC), a primary cooperative organized under RA 9520 with 46 voting members, by-laws authorizing it to acquire, hold, and convey real property for its purposes, purchases 14 hectares of agricultural land. The title is proposed to be issued in the name of SCC. To satisfy constitutional land-ownership limits, SCC also creates Solstice Land Holdings, Inc. (SLHI), a Filipino-owned corporation closely controlled by the cooperative’s members, which will acquire the land in its own name. A member challenges whether a cooperative under RA 9520 may (a) acquire and own land in its own name and (b) own land through a separate Filipino-owned corporate vehicle closely controlled by the cooperative. (c) Apply the doctrine to SCC: is the land ownership valid? If valid, what are the implications under RA 9520 Article 16 on dissolution; if not, what remedies are available?