DA, DTI ginisa sa Kamara dahil sa mataas na presyo ng sibuyas

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Ginisa sa Kamara ang kakulangan ng aksyon ng Agriculture at Trade officials sa napakataas na presyo ng sibuyas.  Ang detalye, hihimayin ni Currie Cator.  Visit our website for more #NewsYouCanTrust: https://www.cnnphilippines.com/  Follow our social media pages:  • Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/CNNPhilippines • Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/cnnphilippines/ • Twitter: https://twitter.com/cnnphilippines

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00:00 What you're saying is, the suggested retail price, isn't it the fixed price?

00:07 What do we get if there is a suggested retail price?

00:11 Agriculture and trade departments were shocked that there was nothing done but to impose a suggested retail price or SRP

00:19 when the price of onions went up to more than P700 per kilo.

00:25 When the House Agriculture and Food Committee heard this, the same agency said that they were just monitoring.

00:31 After we issued an SRP, there was nothing written.

00:36 Even in the stores, we were saying that our price is higher than the SRP that you are issuing.

00:49 But the lawmakers said that the State of Calamity should have declared the onions.

00:55 Under the law, there will be automatic price freeze.

00:59 When that is implemented, the price cannot be moved.

01:03 DTI Director Marcus Valdez admitted that it would have been a good day if this was done.

01:09 But he also argued that the secret or the joke of some agencies do not fit,

01:15 which is why the National Price Coordinating Council was not able to help.

01:19 The reason why it was not able to recommend to the President that the Secretary of Agriculture should also be established.

01:26 Did you not inform that perhaps it would be the time to declare a State of Calamity insofar as onions are concerned because the price is P750?

01:37 The NPCC could not submit that recommendation because for lack of forum.

01:45 The DA was also questioned as to why it did not file complaints against the beneficiaries of profiteering.

01:51 According to the Price Act, it can be considered if the product is sold for more than 10% of the SRP,

01:58 but it is not a part of agricultural commodities.

02:02 The DA admitted that it is lacking, especially in chasing those who are possibly manipulating the price.

02:10 We asked the distribution base where the market is.

02:20 If you have the authority to do the trade stock, why have you not been doing that ever since?

02:25 That is probably the failure of the system.

02:32 It is alleged that Eric Pabilona, who has a cold storage facility in Chanlong Corporation, was cited in contempt of 30 days.

02:40 He also faces an arrest and detention order because of his continuous refusal to show his face to the committee.

02:47 The first shareholder to be charged was Pabilona of Filvieva Corporation, who was involved in the onion and garlic smuggling.

02:55 Kary Kator, CNN Philippines.

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