Former Agriculture Undersecretary Leocadio Sebastian may return to the department after he and other SRA board members were absolved by the Malacañang from any liability in the sugar importation fiasco last year. | BPinlacINQ
“Iyan ang pinagusapan namin sa DA–kung anong position or kung anong sitwasyon kung sakaling babalik po ,” he said in a Laging Handa public briefing.
The 10-page decision of the OP – signed by Executive Secretary Lucas Bersamin with the authority of President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. – said the foiled importation of 300,000 metric tons of refined sugar in August 2022 was “done in good faith, absent any showing that the respondents were aware of their lack of authority.”
“This will at least give them and their families a chance to repair their image and reputation,” he noted.
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