House Speaker Ferdinand Martin G. Romualdez on Sunday vowed to incarcerate anyone who will lie to the House Committee on Agriculture and Food.
HOUSE Speaker Ferdinand Martin G. Romualdez on Sunday vowed to incarcerate anyone who will lie to the House Committee on Agriculture and Food.
In a statement, Romualdez said lawmakers are working to unmask unscrupulous financiers and traders behind the onion and vegetable cartel in its hearings, as they have demonstrated their resolve by citing in contempt and detaining three officials of Argo International Forwarders Inc. for refusing to cooperate with their investigation.
“I cannot stress enough for these resource persons the importance of cooperating with the committee: lie to lawmakers, and you will all find yourselves in jail,” warned Romualdez, as he pointed out that the committee’s mission is to reduce the prices of onions and dismantle the vegetable cartel. The lawmaker from Leyte also warned those conniving with the onion cartel: “The committee will not spare anyone who helped these unscrupulous individuals—even those from the government. You are equally guilty of causing the suffering of [Filipinos].”
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