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VP Sara told: Don’t mock P20 rice, it hit P70 under Digong
Congressman Zia Alonto Adiong criticized Vice President Sara Duterte for her remarks on the Marcos administration's rice price goals, highlighting that her father's term saw much higher prices and even weevil-infested rice.
Adiong pointed out the irony of the Vice President mocking the current P20 per kilogram rice target when rice reached P70 per kilogram in some areas during her father's presidency.
He further recalled that under the Duterte administration, imported rice shipments were found to be infested with weevils, a situation that former Agriculture Secretary Manny Piñol initially downplayed.
Adiong advised the Vice President to reflect on the shortcomings of her father's administration before criticizing the current government's agricultural policies.
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