Tingog Party-list Rep. Jude Acidre 鈥擯hoto from his Facebook page
MANILA, Philippines 鈥� House Assistant Majority Leader and Tingog party-list Rep. Jude Acidre hit back at former president Rodrigo Duterte for the latter鈥檚 criticism of President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. on rice prices.
At the proclamation rally for the senatorial candidates of the Partido Demokratiko Pilipino (PDP), the party he chairs, Duterte attacked Marcos, saying 鈥渉e can鈥檛 keep up鈥� with the price of rice.
In a statement on Saturday, Acidre responded, 鈥淜ung sa termino mo, former President Digong, walang nagawa para pababain ang presyo ng bigas. 鈥橶ag mong itulad sa kasalukuyang termino ni Presidente Marcos. May nagagawa, may ginagawa. Pero ikaw, puro ngawa.鈥�
(During your term, former President Digong, nothing was done to lower the price of rice. Don鈥檛 liken it to the current term of President Marcos. Something was done, something is being done. But, you only babbled.)
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Acidre cited the food security emergency declaration by the Department of Agriculture (DA) earlier this February.
The declaration allows the DA to release rice buffer stocks held by the National Food Authority in a bid to stabilize prices, according to Agriculture Secretary Francisco Tiu Laurel Jr.
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鈥淭his is not just another policy announcement. This is a nationwide mobilization of resources to bring down the price of rice. At hindi ito puro pangako. May aktwal na ginagawa (And these are not just promises. There is actually something being done),鈥� Acidre said.
鈥淣oong panahon mo, walang food security emergency declaration. Walang konkretong solusyon sa presyo ng bigas. Tapos ngayon, ikaw pa ang matapang magsalita? Kung wala kang naitulong noon, 鈥檞ag kang humarang ngayon,鈥� the lawmaker added.
(During your term, there was no food security emergency declaration. There were no concrete solutions for the price of rice. And now, you鈥檙e one to talk? If you did nothing then, don鈥檛 obstruct now.)