House Committee on Agriculture and Food Chairman Quezon 1st district Rep. Enverga says there's a 'high probability' that the panel would recommend the filing of charges against some 'personalities' in connection with the onion price surge late last year.
Before this, House Speaker Martin Romualdez had demanded answers from government agencies on the cause of the spike in onion prices, which reached over P700 a kilo.
The hearings led to the "grilling" of agency officials, mostly from the Department of Agriculture and its attached agency, the Bureau of Plants Industry . Asked if the cases the panel will recommend will include a cartel, Enverga said: "Ang cartel kasi would exist only if there is also support from the government eh. The connivance should be present for a cartel also to exist."
"That's my own opinion ano. But of course, again, it's all up to the members of the committee. I may recommended that, but of course, if they decide na it does not warrant the filing of case then we will respect...the will of the majority," he said.
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