Sen. Ping Lacson and Senate President Tito Sotto attend a Senate Committee of the Whole hearing on agricultural smuggling April 12, 2022.
Ping, Pinagsabihan ang NICA na Pabilisin ang Pagproseso ng Intel vs Agri Smugglers, Kasabwat sa Gobyerno
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Pinagsabihan ni Senador Ping Lacson ang National Intelligence Coordinating Agency nitong Martes na pabilisin ang pagpoproseso ng impormasyon hinggil sa agricultural smugglers at mga kasabwat nito sa gobyerno.
Para kay Lacson, hanggang hindi napapangalanan ang mga ito at nasasampahan ng kaso, patuloy lang nila na sasamantalahin ang sistema at magtatago sandali habang mainit sila sa mata ng Senado.
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Lacson Exhorts NICA: Speed Up Processing of Intel Info vs Agri Smugglers, Protectors
Our food security depends on it.
Sen. Panfilo “Ping” M. Lacson thus exhorted the National Intelligence Coordinating Agency Tuesday to have a sense of urgency and speed up its processing of intelligence information on agricultural “smugglers” and their supposed protectors in government.
Lacson said that so long as these smugglers and protectors are not named and charged, a vicious cycle will continue where smugglers lie low immediately after a Senate hearing – then resume their activities after a few weeks.
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Citizen’s Arrest vs Agri Smuggling, Inirekomenda ni Ping
May papel ang bawat isang Pilipino sa pagsugpo sa agricultural smuggling sa pamamagitan ng “citizen’s arrests” na maaaring ipatupad para mahuli ang mga nagbebenta ng smuggled na mga gulay at ibang produktong pang-agrikultura, ayon kay Senador Ping Lacson.
Inirekomenda ni Lacson ang magsagawa ng demand-reduction approach laban sa agricultural smuggling na hindi pa rin mapigilan ng Bureau of Customs at Department of Agriculture hanggang sa ngayon.
“Kung obvious na smuggled, huwag na tayo magturuan kasi may citizens arrest. Pwedeng kumpiskahin ng maski sino, humingi ng assistance from law enforcement to do so,” ani Lacson sa pagdinig ng Senate Committee of the Whole sa isyu.
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Like Drugs, Carnapping: Lacson Pushes 2-Pronged Approach vs Agri Smuggling
Citizens can play a role in curbing agricultural smuggling by making “citizens’ arrests” against those selling smuggled vegetables and other agricultural products in the open market, applying the plain view doctrine, Sen. Panfilo “Ping” M. Lacson said Monday.
Lacson said this demand-reduction approach is part of the two-pronged strategy he suggested to stop the practice, which the Bureau of Customs and Department of Agriculture have not been able to address.
“Kung obvious na smuggled, huwag na tayo magturuan kasi may citizens arrest. Pwedeng kumpiskahin ng maski sino, humingi ng assistance from law enforcement (If you see that the vegetables are obviously smuggled, there’s such a thing as citizens arrest. Any citizen can seize the items and they can seek assistance from law enforcement to do so),” Lacson said at the hearing of the Senate Committee of the Whole on the issue.
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