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'That the administration had proven it can bring down food prices is a lie'
When the Social Weather Station released the results of its second quarter survey on hunger, the data showed a 10% increase among most grappling with food shortages, a continuing policy of importations for basic tabletop staples, and one of the highest inflation rates in the region. While food inflation slowed a tad, it remains high among ASEAN. The people need not be told what many know in their gut.
Amid growing hunger, the last recorded unemployment rate increased to 4.8%, with underemployment at 12.3 %, inflation at 8.6%, and our misery index at 25.7%. The enveloping destitution afflicting over a fourth of the population could easily escalate to dangerous desperation. Here the hollow soundbites from the last State of the Nation Address that characterize the absence of authentic empathy, and the quality of information fed Marcos play to an increasingly volatile situation.
The SONA tradition was established under the American checks and balances system to provide accountability. As the legislature’s check on the executive, it calls for the latter to report on the previous year’s performance, both on accomplishments and failures. For the agricultural sector Marcos reported on three major developments – food prices, the impact of the resurrected KADIWA program, and his enforcement of laws against smuggling and hoarding.
Boosting production is an old promise. He said that over a year ago. Unfortunately his quick-fix importation default refocused domestic production in favor of enriching supply chain traders, importers, and smugglers. The most popular item in his report to Congress was on his swashbuckling campaign against hoarders and smugglers.
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