MANILA, Philippines — Three senators will be filing a joint resolution to revoke President Rodrigo Duterte’s executive order lowering tariffs on pork imports.
In a statement Tuesday, Senate Minority Leader Franklin Drilon said he and Senators Francis Pangilinan and Cynthia Villar, chairperson of the chamber’s agriculture committee, will file the joint resolution.
“By law, the authority of the President to fix tariff rates while Congress is not in session can be withdrawn or revoked by virtue of a joint resolution,” the minority leader said.
Last week, the President signed Executive Order No. 128, which temporarily lowers tariff rates on fresh, chilled, or frozen pork meat “to …
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