Alan Peter Cayetano Lashes the P20 per Kilo of Rice Promised by Marcos
Senator-elect Alan Peter Cayetano questioned the P20 per kilo of Rice promised by President-elect Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr.
The incoming senators appear to be pondering if President-elect Bongbong Marcos will be able to keep his pledge of P20 per kilo of rice. He inquired if the stated pricing could be implemented because he believed in science and claimed he couldn’t think that way.
One of Marcos Jr’s promises back then was to cut the price of rice, which is between 36 and 50 pesos. He clarified that he still holds Marcos’ pledge in high regard and expects that it will be kept.
“First time ko narinig, P20 ang rice. Just like any politician nasabi ko, posible ba yun? Anong klaseng pangako yun? But if I am a true Christian , public servant and I really believe in science then hindi pwedeng ganun pag-iisip ko,” said Cayetano.
” Dapat ang pag-iisip ko maganda ‘yung conculusion. How do we get there? If we don’t get to P20 but we get to P30, hindi ba mas maganda yun kaysa sa P40, P45, at P50,” he added.
Meanwhile, new DAR Secretary Conrado Estrella III stated that lowering the P20 per kilo rice price is not conceivable at this time. P27 and P28 are still possibilities. However, the P20 per kilo needs to be carefully studied.
“Siguro P27, P28 pwede pa ‘yan. Pero ‘yung P20 [kada kilo] eh talagang pag-aaralan ko nang husto ‘yan. Pag-aaralan namin nang husto. Talagang magsusunog kami ng kilay para magawa natin,” Estrella said.
Other challenges they may face in lowering rice prices include the continued growth in the price of oil and fertilizer. Estrella, on the other hand, feels that the next president would follow through on his pledge to provide Filipinos with inexpensive rice.
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