00:00Albay representative Joey Salceda, chair of the newly formed Murang Paggain Supercommittee,
00:06pointed out the alleged rice importation anomalies that happened during the Duterte administration
00:11remains unsolved to this day.
00:13The lawmaker cited the biggest case of price manipulation to this day is the cornering
00:18of import permits from 2016 to 2018.
00:22He made these assertions during a committee hearing indicating how the private sector
00:27allegedly had control over rice importation and manipulated import periods, which led
00:32to a significant spike in rice prices in 2018, causing Filipinos to pay eight pesos more
00:39for a kilo of rice.
00:41We want to uncover the gaps that we need to plug to achieve this goal, and if needed,
00:49the personalities that should be made accountable for making this goal difficult to achieve.
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