MANILA, Philippines — Agriculture Secretary William Dar on Tuesday nixed various calls to step down in view of the high prices of pork and chicken, saying that would be unfair for him.
“That’s not fair, we are having a mix of interventions [that] could handle this concern on food prices,” Dar said in an interview over ANC’s “Matters of Fact,” in response to pork producer groups who are accusing the secretary of the Department of Agriculture (DA) of favoring importers and smugglers over local traders.
Dar later added in response to the accusations: “That’s not true, all my work is a balancing act for the farmers and the consuming public.”
It was on Monday when some market v…
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