00:00In order to lower the price of rice,
00:02House Speaker Martin Romualdez helped to form a mega-task force
00:07that will pursue those who are involved in manipulating the price of rice
00:12and the traders.
00:14This was said by the House Speaker after he was appointed to the House Kinta Committee
00:18that there are those who are involved in the price manipulation of rice,
00:22even if there is an oversupply and the price of the rice is being lowered.
00:27He will be able to form the Department of Agriculture,
00:30Department of Justice, National Bureau of Investigation,
00:33Bureau of Customs, Bureau of Internal Revenue,
00:36and Department of Trade and Industry, the so-called task force.
00:39According to Romualdez,
00:41he will be given the power to make an inventory,
00:44to know if these are in accordance with the law,
00:47to collect, to inspect the warehouses,
00:50and to close the temporary businesses.
00:52The House Speaker also asked to submit a monthly report to the Congress,
00:55the task force, as part of their oversight.
00:58According to Speaker Romualdez,
01:00there is a so-called betrayal of public trust
01:02regarding the issue of the Kinta Committee,
01:04so it should be acted on immediately.
01:07He will not allow them to continue with this mistake,
01:11so in the eyes of the camera,
01:13they will also try to address and break this manipulating cartel.
