MANILA — The compromise agreement on pork import policies is “far from Solomonic,” but it was the best hog raisers and the Senate could get, Senator Panfilo Lacson said on Wednesday.
“Personally, and based on the common data that the hog industry and the senators have, I am not satisfied but for practical reasons, that is the best that we (and the hog raisers) can get,” Lacson said in a message to reporters.
“For one, the compromise is far from Solomonic. Also, there are two legal issues involved that have to be resolved as well,” he added but did not elaborate.
Lacson was reacting to Senate President “Vicente “Tito” Sotto III’s disclosure that a compromise deal had been reach…
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