President Ferdinand 'Bongbong' Marcos Jr. has certified as urgent the proposed legislation defining agricultural economic sabotage and imposing more severe penalties for violators.
President Ferdinand "Bongbong" Marcos Jr. has certified as urgent the proposed legislation defining agricultural economic sabotage and imposing more severe penalties for violators.
In Marcos' letter to Zubiri, Marcos said the need to facilitate the passage of SB No. 2432 is imperative, "especially now that the country is beset by rising prices and shortages in agricultural products, partly due to the nefarious acts of smuggling, hoarding, profiteering, and cartel." She also emphasized that smuggling was one of the reasons why many of the local farmers continue to live in poverty.
The committee report also pushed for a life imprisonment penalty and a fine equal to three times the value of the agricultural and fishery products subject to the crime as economic sabotage on anyone who commits, aids, or abets the commission of prohibited acts.
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