While senators approved of President Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr.'s performance in his first 365 days in office, some lawmakers would have preferred to see him take more action on agricultural problems.
While senators approved of President Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr.'s performance in his first 365 days in office, some lawmakers would have preferred to see him take more action on agricultural problems.
“I think, kailangan niya ituloy tutukan ang agriculture sector. Remember that rural development is the key to uplifting poverty. ‘Yung pinakamalaking poverty rates natin ay nasa rural areas which is basically 90 percent agriculture,” he said. In contrast, Senate Minority Leader Aquilino “Koko” Pimentel III said that Marcos had “not made any headway in our problems in the agricultural sector. In sugar matters alone, his administration has had two controversies in less than one year in office.”
The President also needed to work with the agriculture sector, especially after the Senate concurred with the ratification of the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership, which would affect the local agriculture sector. But the lawmaker hoped that the President, as acting secretary of the Department of Agriculture, would implement its mandate and help the farmers in the provinces.
Meanwhile, Senator Sonny Angara said the Marcos administration should continue promoting the Philippines as an investment destination.
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