AMID rising prices and shortages of agricultural products due to what he called 'nefarious acts,' President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. certified as urgent the proposed measure imposing severe penalties on the crimes of agricultural economic sabotage.
In his letter to Senate President Juan Miguel Zubiri dated Sept. 20, 2023, Marcos called for the immediate enactment of Senate Bill 2432, or an 'Act defining the crimes of agricultural economic sabotage, providing penalties therefore, creating the anti-agricultural economic sabotage council.
Government authorities also have the right to confiscate the agricultural and fishery products which are subject of the prohibited acts and the properties used in the commission of the crime of agricultural economic sabotage such as, but not limited to, vehicles, vessels, aircrafts, storage areas, warehouses, boxes, cases, trunks, and other containers of whatever character used as receptacle of agricultural and fishery products.
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