Senator Sherwin Gatchalian has urged the government to come up with a comprehensive contingency plan to ensure a sufficient supply
Meanwhile, Assistant Minority Leader and Gabriela Women’s party-list Rep. Arlene Brosas on Thursday called out the recent statement of Department of Trade and Industry Secretary Alfredo Pascual who suggested that Filipinos should simply change their diet to adapt to the situation of increasing food prices.
Citing India’s recent announcement of halting rice exports, which could further squeeze the availability of rice supply available for the Philippines, Gatchalian stressed that the government needs to come up with a definitive contingency plan to arrest potential tightness in supply that could trigger price hikes.He told members of the executive department’s economic team to submit to the Senate a contingency plan they have drafted.
He added that the government’s contingency plan should also include programs to cushion the effect of typhoons and the El Nino phenomenon. An average of 20 typhoons hit the country every year. Also, the impact of El Nino is expected to peak in the country in the first quarter of next year. Brosas rejected Pascual’s remark, pointing out that many Filipinos could hardly afford to eat a decent meal thrice a day, and yet were told to go on diet.
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