Albay Rep. Joey Salcedada, Murang Pagkain Supercommittee Chairperson, highlighted the alleged rice importation anomalies during the Duterte administration. Salceda called for accountability regarding the manipulation of agricultural prices and the exploitation of the nation’s food supply by cartels. He also pointed out the National Food Authority's misuse of funds meant for palay procurement.
Murang Pagkain Supercommittee Chairperson and Albay Rep. Joey Salceda called attention to what he described as the “biggest agricultural price manipulation case” in Philippine history.
“The biggest case of price manipulation in the agricultural sector remains to be the cornering of import permits from 2016 to 2018,” Salceda said during the committee’s Tuesday hearing. Salceda noted the issue began to subside only after the 2019 enactment of the Rice Tariffication Law, which abolished the permit system previously administered by the NFA.
“No one has been held accountable for the bribery allegations surrounding import permits, or for the NFA’s failure to address cartel activities… What happened to the charges that then-presidential spokesperson Harry Roque said would be filed in September 2018?” Salceda said.
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