President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. defended the importation of onions from other countries, saying that “our government had no choice but to import,” given the gap between the production and the demand for the product in the Philippines.
ZURICH, Switzerland - As President Ferdinand "Bongbong" Marcos Jr. embarks on his eighth foreign trip since assuming office, he left the Philippines amid the continuing problem of the high prices of some agricultural products such as onions and sugar in the market.
“Given the production and demand we have in the Philippines, it's impossible to avoid imports. We've tried to get products from smuggling, but the need was still not met. We had no choice but to import, so that’s what we’re doing,” Marcos, who also sits as Agriculture secretary, told reporters who were with him on the plane from Manila to Switzerland where he will attend the World Economic Forum.
"We have to go back to the onion growers and help them para magkaroon tayo ng production, hindi na tayo kailangan mag-import. Diyan tayo naipit eh. Nasanay tayo masyado sa import. So import lang tayo nang import, hindi natin inaayos ‘yung production side," he said.
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