The contempt order against officials of a cold storage facility, issued by a House of Representatives panel doing a probe on smuggling and hoarding of onions, has been lifted after necessary documents have been secured. | GabrielLaluINQ
Suarez noted that both denied having links to a trading company after being asked by Quimbo, only to change their answers after a specific company was mentioned.
The House panel is investigating the alleged smuggling and hoarding of agricultural products like onions and the possible collusion between cold storage facility operators and trading companies — creating an artificial shortage that drove onion prices up to around P600 to P700 per kilogram in December 2022.
“Let me stress — and it’s in the minutes — Congresswoman Stella asked, ‘are you involved in trading’ and they said categorically ‘no’. And when the name of a company was involved, was mentioned, which was involved in trading, inamin niya na bahagi ako ng kumpanyang ‘yon . So pagsisinungaling po ‘yon sa kumiteng ito ,” Suarez said during the hearing.All of the committee members present physically and on videoconferencing had voted in favor of citing the two in contempt.
The lawyer of the Super Five officials then asked the committee to reconsider the move since they complied willingly with the panel’s invitation. However, he was rebuffed by Cavite 4th District Rep. Elpidio Barzaga, who said that attendance alone is not a basis for why resource persons can be saved from contempt orders — especially as they testified under oath.This was not the first time during the House panel’s investigation that cold storage facility officials were cited in contempt.
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