The House Agriculture and Food Committee on Monday cited officials and a lawyer of the Nueva Ecija-based Argo cold storage facility for contempt over their refusal to turn over their list of clients who stored red onions in their facility during the spike in red onion prices during the last quarter of 2022.
The House Agriculture and Food Committee on Monday cited officials and a lawyer of the Nueva Ecija-based Argo cold storage facility for contempt over their refusal to turn over their list of clients who stored red onions in their facility during the spike in red onion prices during the last quarter of 2022.
As a result, Zoleta, Sevilla, and Cruz would be detained in the halls of Congress for at least 10 days as provided under the House rules. Sevilla earlier said that they could not submit the names of individuals or businesses who were Argo cold storage clients due to a confidentiality clause provided under Argo’s service agreement with the clients.
“These are just listing of two depositors [of onions in your cold storage] and number of bags deposited. There are no other details. No dates [of bags being deposited], no [dates of] withdrawals,” House Appropriations Committee Senior Vice-chairperson Stella Quimbo said.
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