The government should turn over the confiscated smuggled sugar to the Department of Social Welfare and Development and distribute it to the less fortunate for free, Senate Deputy Minority Leader Risa Hontiveros said Friday.
to authorize the donation of seized smuggled sugar to Kadiwa stores and allow its sale to the general public.
“Bakit pagkakakitaan pa ang galing sa iligal? Sa komputasyon ng aking opisina, dapat P65 lang ang presyo ng asukal na imported galing Thailand. Hindi ba ang goal ay maging abot-kaya ang presyo para sa lahat ng Pilipino? Pero bakit mataas pa rin ang presyo kung ibebenta?" Hontiveros asked. As in previous years, these traders will then compete to offer the lowest price to the market, in contrast to the prospect of high cartel-dictated prices, she said.
“Hindi pagkunsinti sa smuggling ang sagot sa ating problema sa mataas na presyo ng asukal. Huwag tayong magpadala sa palusot ng mga nais manamantala sa problema sa hapag-kainan ng taumbayan,” she said.
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