Salceda: Marcos admin should stop agri smuggling

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Albay Representative Joey Salceda said Thursday the incoming Marcos administration should focus on addressing agricultural smuggling in the country.

"Kung may isang bagay na gusto kong mag-focus si President BBM is stop agri smuggling, huge, ang laki at saka for the first 100 days since Congress is not in session, at least for the next 24 days na he's in [a] position, he can change some of the tariffs so kaya po niya magset ng tariffs," Salceda told reporters.

Salceda, chairperson of the House ways and means committee, has been very vocal against the proliferation of agricultural smuggling in the country. He earlier saidThe lawmaker has eyed some amendments to the Special Safeguards Law, such that regardless of whether imported goods are smuggled or not, the safeguards will still apply.

The Senate committee of the whole had investigated the proliferation of smuggled agricultural products in the Philippine market. Four names of alleged "players" in vegetable smuggling supposedly protected by politicians were floated in a Senate inquiry., brought about by the effects of the coronavirus pandemic on the economy, rising fuel prices, and Russia's invasion of Ukraine.

Meanwhile, Salceda was also asked for reaction about Marcos' stand against e-sabong. He said the Philippine government could generate additional revenues by imposing higher taxes on luxury items. "Well, there's so many options where we can have higher taxes on luxury goods like luxury watches, luxury cars, luxury items basically. Pangalawa, we can tax the gambler, not the gambling so we can impose withholding tax," he said.

 

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