Agriculture Senior Undersecretary Domingo Panganiban on Tuesday told a Senate hearing that President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. ordered the importation of sugar “through selected importers.”
Agriculture Senior Undersecretary Domingo Panganiban is joined by NEDA Director-General Arsenio Balisacan and Executive Secretart Lucas Bersamin during a Senate probe on the sugar importation order. Lino Santos
In a news briefing after the hearing, Sen. Francis Tolentino noted that Panganiban already made the clarification, which was supported by Bersamin. Testifying to the Senate for the first time, Bersamin stressed nothing irregular in the most recent sugar importation, nor there was an effort for cartelization.
The three others are the use of Minimum Access Volume program, the provisions of the Price Act, and a direct order from the President. Bersamin also denied rushing the importation or favoring certain traders. He said the three sugar importers were selected from among seven companies shortlisted. “We need to keep local sugar production viable. We import sugar only to fill the gap that the domestic industry cannot supply. Strengthening local sugar production is key to the country’s food security,” Escaler said.
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