Economic saboteurs

Una sa tanan, kini una: “President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. signs new law classifying agri smuggling as economic sabotage by Pia Gutierrez, ABS-CBN News.”

Giisip nga economic sabotage na ang smuggling, hoarding, ug cartel operations involving agricultural products. 

Ang balaud isip RA 12022 o ang Anti-Agricultural Economic Sabotage Act, nga bag-ong gipirmahan ni Marcos, ‘will put an end to rampant smuggling, cartels, profiteering, and hoarding of agricultural products, to ensure food security for Filipinos.’ Hinaut.

Ania: “An Act considering rice or corn hoarding and profiteering during or on the occasion of any calamity or emergency declared as such by the President as equivalent to economic sabotage, partly amending for the purpose Republic Act 7581, otherwise known as The Price Act, and for other purposes”

Tuyo niini, among others, mao ang pag-panalipod sa mga mag-uuma ug ekonomiya sa nasud. Ang mga produkto nga covered sa balaud, naglakip sa “rice, corn, beef and other ruminants, (herviborous aninals), pork, poultry, garlic, onions, carrots, other vegetables, fruit, fish, salt and other aquatic products in their raw state.”

Sa ato pa, kon mag-hoard ka’g daghan kaayong ahos, sibuyas, carrots, o mga poultry products, ubp, paningkamot nga dili ka masakpan. Otherwise, giingon dinhi, “Violators face life imprisonment on top of hefty fines worth five times the value of the smuggled or hoarded agricultural or fishery products.” Kapait.

“Let me be clear, this law does not just target the masterminds; it holds all accomplices accountable—financiers, brokers, employees, even transporters,” nagkanayon si Marcos. So, bisag unsa ka gamay sa papel ug involvement sa smuggling o hoarding, gukdon gyud ka sa balaud. 

Ang epekto niining illegal nga kalihokan, ‘does not only deprive the government of vital revenues but also kills local industries.’ Bitaw, ang smuggling, matud pa, is costing the government billions of pesos in unpaid duties and taxes, ug sa samang higayon, nakahatag og unfair competition sa lokal nga mga pabrika. 

Tukoron sa gobiyerno ang Anti-Agricultural Economic Sabotage Enforcement Group, nga maoy mo-dismantle sa mga smuggling ug cartel operation, nga dugay nang nagpahimulos sa bunga sa mga illegal nila nga operation.

“We will confront and dismantle the powerful forces that have long exploited our system for their own good,” nagkanayon ang Presidente.

Samtang si Agriculture Secretary Francisco Tiu-Laurel midason sa bag-ong balaud, nga matud niya, usa ka landmark measure, nga adunay mahait nga ngipon kay sa unang  Anti-Agricultural Smuggling Act of 2016.

Dugang ni Tiu, ‘Kasi pati lahat ng warehouses ngayon for grains and cold storages kailangan nakarehistro.  Kapag  nakarehistro yan mas madali nang imonitor ng gov agencies at mapuntahan, we will have visitation rights. So any warehouse now na may food na may malaking halaga at hindi registered ay malamang iligal yan.’

Lagmit dunay gisaligan ug gisandigan ang mga smugglers. Dugay na kaayo ni sila, hinaut nga masumpo na kini karon.

Ang BIR mipadayag sa ilang pagpaluyo sa RA 12022 batok sa smuggling.“The BIR will continue its fight against Agricultural Smuggling, whether that should involve the smuggling of tobacco, cigarettes, vape, or other agricultural products.” Nagkanayon si Commissioner Romeo Lumagui Jr.sa BIR. (by Manila Standard Business).