Senate President Juan Miguel Zubiri told certain unnamed officials of the SRA to resign because the Senate will soon be investigating the corruption in the agency. READ:
“I am glad that Undersecretary Sebastian has resigned. But my question is: why have all the other members of the SRA board not resigned yet?” asked Zubiri, whose father, Bukidnon Rep. Jose Ma. Zubiri, originated from sugar-producing Negros Occidental.Zubiri said he would ask the Senate blue ribbon committee, either through a privilege speech or a Senate resolution, to investigate the alleged corruption in the SRA.
Zubiri said the unnamed SRA officials tried to mislead the public by claiming that the country was facing a sugar shortage and pushed through with the importation of sugar while sugar planters were in the middle of the harvest season. The SRA even defied temporary restraining orders issued by two courts in Negros Occidental in February and falsely claimed that the order only applied to the province, Zubiri said.
Serafica has refused to vacate the top SRA post, arguing that he is covered by Republic Act No. 10149, or the GOCC Governance Act of 2011 and that his position is not co-terminus with the president who appointed him.
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