Economic sabotage means destroying the country’s economy through illegal activities, like what the smugglers and hoarders of agricultural products have been doing. Know more:
“RA 10845 was signed into law with the primary objective of protecting Filipino farmers and their families from the rise in agricultural smuggling in the country. Since the law’s passage in 2016, however, even if there have been several reports of seizure of smuggled products, there have been no prosecution of individuals, groups, or corporations. It appears that some people have mastered how to circumvent the law in order not to be punished,” he said.
Tan said the Economist’s 2021 Global Food Security Index reveals that the Philippines ranked 64th out of 113 countries in terms of four dimensions of food security: food availability, food accessibility, food utilization, and stability. Tan said it is high time to introduce amendments to the Anti-Agricultural Smuggling Act of 2016 in order to address and hopefully end not only smuggling, but also the issues of hoarding, profiteering, and cartelization of agricultural products.
This will be co-chaired by the Department of Agriculture, the Department of Trade and Industry, and the Bureau of Customs, and will include the Department of Justice, National Bureau of Investigation, Department of the Interior and Local Government, the Philippine National Police, the Philippine Competition Commission, National Security Council, and the National Intelligence Coordinating Agency.
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