Press Release
April 14, 2021

On the President's Possible Recall of Executive Order 128

More at: https://pinglacson.net/2021/04/14/on-the-presidents-possible-recall-of-executive-order-128/

Well and good if it actually happens. It would mean that the President is not impervious to valid criticisms against an ill-advised course of action that will bring more harm than good on all practical aspects involving the hog industry.

I hope the President considers the plight of the dying industry affecting 80,000 backyard hog raisers along with hundreds of thousands of farmhands and their families - and the foregone revenues the government will deal with, especially at this time of the pandemic.

That being said, Department of Agriculture officials claimed during the Senate hearing to have based their action on their own analysis, which could be self-serving and designed to suit their purpose.

We based our opposition and arguments on the data provided by the Philippine Statistics Authority. If you ask me, I'll take the side of data anytime.

Thus - with an average yearly surplus of 400 million kilos from local hog production for the three-year period 2018-2020, it defies logic why they still allowed the importation of almost 200 million kilos year-on-year for the same period.

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