Agriculture Senior Undersecretary Domingo Panganiban and Sugar Regulatory Administration officials are required to participate in the Senate blue ribbon committee probe into the alleged “state-sponsored” sugar smuggling, Senator Francis Tolentino said.
Agriculture Senior Undersecretary Domingo Panganiban and Sugar Regulatory Administration officials are required to participate in the Senate blue ribbon committee probe into the alleged “state-sponsored” sugar smuggling, Senator Francis Tolentino said Tuesday.
Asked if Executive Secretary Lucas Bersamin will likewise be compelled to face the panel, Tolentino said “Depende. Tingnan natin ‘yung submissions nila kasi pinagsubmit ko ng position papers lahat sila.” In a previous notice sent to the members of the Blue Ribbon and the Agriculture, Food, and Agrarian Reform panels, Tolentino said the April 25 hearing wasSenate Deputy Minority Leader Risa Hontiveros earlier filed a proposed Senate Resolution 497into the alleged irregular sugar importation last February 9 involving 260 20-foot containers of sugar from Thailand.
She said Panganiban — who represented President Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr. in the Sugar Regulatory Administration Board — had a January 12 letter addressed to one of the alleged sugar importers of the questioned importation, saying the allocation was “per instruction of Executive Secretary [Lucas] Bersamin.
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