President Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr. desires to make sure that “systems are all in place” earlier than he leaves the Department of Agriculture, saying he is staying as Agriculture chief for now.
In an ambush interview in Valenzuela City on Friday, Marcos was requested if he’ll already appoint an Agriculture chief after he already named Secretaries for the Department of Health and the Department of National Defense, which have been beforehand led with officers-in-charge.
The President has been sitting as DA Secretary since he assumed the presidency final 12 months. Marcos joked that he already requested personalities to volunteer for the submit, however they don’t need him to depart the DA.
“Marami, tinatanong ko sa kanila lahat, inaantay ko mag-volunteer sila mag-Secretary, ayaw ako paalisin eh. So, hangga’t matapos… the truth of the matter is that we have really managed to make some very important structural changes in the Department of Agriculture so iniisa-isa natin ‘yan,” Marcos stated.
The President defined that the nation had skilled disaster when it got here to meals provide and meals costs through the pandemic, noting that he desires to deal with these first, particularly the nation’s meals manufacturing.
“The problem had been was during the beginning of this year, naging crisis lahat ng food supply, food prices, lahat, fertilizer prices, etc. Kaya napakalaking bagay nitong donation na binigay sa atin ng China. ‘Yun, we were just trying to put up emergency measures para naman mabigyan natin ng kaunting tulong at suporta ang ating magsasaka,” Marcos stated.
“Ngayon, more or less the prices of agriculture commodities are beginning, they have not yet been stabilized, are beginning to stabilize. Now, we are going to make the structural changes that are important to increase production, to ensure the food supply of the Philippines, not only rice but also pork, also fisheries, also livestock, so ‘yan ang ating mga ginagawa ngayon para naman hindi na tayo umabot sa krisis, sa sitwasyon, kagaya ng nadatnan natin after the pandemic,” he added.
Before leaving the company, Marcos desires to ensure the nation’s meals provide, the reasonably priced costs of meals commodities, and a greater livelihood for native farmers.
“Ang aking hangarin para sa DA ay pag iniwanan ko ang DA, by that time, we will have systems in place so that we can guarantee the food supply of the Philippines, number one, we can guarantee that the prices are affordable, and number three, that our farmers make a good living,” Marcos stated.
“So, hangga’t matapos natin ‘yun, I suppose you will just have to put up with me as DA Secretary,” he added. —VAL, GMA Integrated News
Source: www.gmanetwork.com
