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Senate to President Duterte: Withdraw EO lowering tariffs on pork imports
THE Senate on Thursday unanimously adopted a resolution urging President Rodrigo Duterte to withdraw Executive Order (EO) 128 that lowers the tariff on pork imports.
A total of 18 senators manifested their support for the resolution including Senator Francis "Kiko" Pangilinan, who reiterated the call for Malacañang to urgently declare a state of calamity due to the African swine fever (ASF).
"Declaring a state of calamity is important because we have to free up funds from the calamity fund to provide the necessary support. The Secretary of Agriculture has already said he needs 8.6 billion pesos for 2021 to address the swine fever and he only has 2.6 or 4 billion pesos. Kulang pa. Saan niya kukunin 'yon?" Pangilinan said.