00:00Agriculture Secretary Francisco Tiu Laurel Jr.
00:04promised to clean up the mess from the office of the Ombudsman.
00:09The secret was revealed after Ombudsman Samuel Martirez clarified
00:13his statement regarding the Umanoy Most Corrupt Agency.
00:17Tiu Laurel insisted that they will continue their investigation
00:21in front of the Ombudsman
00:24up to the Umanoy Corruption in the National Food Authority.
00:28In addition to protecting the integrity of their agency,
00:32he immediately ordered the implementation of preventive suspension
00:36of the Ombudsman against more than 100 officials of the NFA in 2024
00:41and appointed the NFA Administrator Larry Lackson as its new leader.
00:47Aside from this, he also insisted on fighting agricultural smuggling
00:51in addition to helping other government agencies.
00:54In fact, some of his importers were blacklisted
00:57while there were complaints filed by the Department of Justice.
01:01Tiu Laurel insisted that the Department of Agriculture
01:05will immediately take action against smuggling in and out of the agency.
