The Philippine Public Relations and Information Bureau released a statement on life imprisonment for rice hoarding and profiteering.
Lawmaker Rufus Rodriguez from the Cagayan de Oro City, Philippines proposes under House Bill 2733, referred to and under consideration by the House Committee on Justice, that rice hoarding and profiteering be declared a crime of economic sabotage. He also specifies that the offenders be penalized through life imprisonment and a fine of 100,000 Php.
According to Congressman Rodriguez, “The State must ensure food security/sufficiency to meet the needs of the people and should penalize hoarding and profiteering especially in time of disasters and calamities. Rice farmers and traders, taking advantage of the situation, are hoarding rice.”
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