Anti-Agricultural Economic Sabotage Act, pormal nang pinagtibay ni PBBM

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00:00President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr. is in favor of implementing a fast and just action against those who are violating and harming the agriculture sector.

00:11The President said this in response to the Anti-Agricultural Economic Sabotage Act.

00:18The details are in the report of Claizel Pardilla.

00:22President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr. has already legislated the Anti-Agricultural Economic Sabotage Act.

00:29This is a far-fetched way to punish those who are violating,

00:34protect the local farmers, fishermen, and consumers against the smuggling or illegal import of agricultural products,

00:43smuggling or illegal import of agricultural products,

00:53under this law, smuggling, hoarding, profiteering, and cartel operations involving agricultural and fishery products will now be classified as economic sabotage,

01:06a non-bailable offense punishable by life imprisonment and fines up to five times the value of the goods involved.

01:14In 2023, P3 billion was lost due to agricultural smuggling.

01:20P230 million was lost due to smuggled agricultural products in the past six months.

01:28There is no shortage of rice in smuggled products.

01:31That is why the government is not only losing from not collecting rice,

01:36but the local farmers and fishermen are also being threatened that they cannot compete with cheap but illegal products.

01:45There is also a risk to human health due to the absence of sanitary permits.

01:50Every sack of smuggled rice, every under-the-table onion deal, every substandard meat sneaking past the quarantine checks,

02:01these are not just numbers, they represent lives, families, and futures that are being compromised.

02:08These crimes threaten not only our economy, but our national security as well.

02:13It jeopardizes the livelihood of hard-working Filipino farmers and fisherfolk,

02:18and it threatens the food sustainability of our communities.

02:22But the new law will end this, not just the masterminds that are being chased.

02:28This law does not just target the masterminds.

02:31It holds all accomplices accountable, financiers, brokers, employees, even transporters.

02:38We are establishing the Anti-Agricultural Economic Sabotage Council, which I will chair.

02:44The Anti-Agricultural Economic Sabotage Enforcement Group will be formed to search and catch smugglers.

02:52Special teams of prosecutors will be assigned to investigate and quickly punish smugglers.

02:59The Department of Agriculture approved the new law.

03:03The DA will give visitation power to inspect warehouses and cold storage where illegal products may be imported.

03:11Agriculture Secretary Francisco T. Laurel Jr. will be in charge of this.

03:15We will work harder to catch these smugglers.

03:20We are afraid that illegal smuggling will be committed because this is non-bailable.

03:30If you are caught, they will be caught. We will catch all of you.

03:34Meanwhile, the two members of the Congress ratified the Bicameral Conference Committee Report of the Senate and House

03:41when it amended the Rice Tarification Law.

03:44It aims to increase the production of rice and increase the income of farmers while lowering the price of rice.

03:51The RCEF's visa or Rice Competitiveness Enhancement Fund, which will end in 2024,

03:59will increase the RCEF to Php30 billion from the current Php10 billion for the distribution of rice, machinery,

04:07cultivation and loans to farmers.

04:10This is the right version.

04:13It's good that every year, the President and the DA will discuss what to do with the excess.

04:23If we are to collect Php30 billion or Php15 billion, it will be based on the menu,

04:29what our farmers or our industry needs.

04:34It's good that the President will decide where this allocation will be allocated every year.

04:42The Department of Agriculture is giving the Bicameral Conference Committee Report of the Senate

04:46that responds to the lack of rice supply or the high price in the market.

04:53We can trigger a call for importation in case we see spikes or hoarding.

05:01I don't think there will be a shortage.

05:03I think it's more for lowering the price.

05:07The DA can intervene through that new law.

05:11Galay Zalpardilla for Pambansang TV in the new Philippines.

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