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'Dapat tapos, hindi hilaw': No deadline set on probe vs agri cartels, says Marcos

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Job Manahan, ABS-CBN News

<div class="embed-wrap"><figure data-feedback="fb:likes,fb:comments"><img alt="Imported onions go for sale at the Pasig City Mega Market on January 25, 2023. Mark Demayo, ABS-CBN News" src="https://sa.kapamilya.com/absnews/abscbnnews/media/2023/life/07/05/20230125-onions-market-md-18.jpg"/><figcaption>Imported onions go for sale at the Pasig City Mega Market on January 25, 2023. <em>Mark Demayo, ABS-CBN News</em></figcaption></figure></div><p>MANILA — President Ferdinand Marcos, Jr. on Wednesday said he will not impose a deadline for the probe on the supposed hoarding, smuggling, and price fixing of onions and other agricultural products, as he wants this to be done thoroughly and not half-baked. </p><ul class="op-related-articles">	<li><a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/news/01/10/23/philippines-to-import-21060-mt-of-onions-as-prices-soar">Philippines to import 21,060 metric tons of onions as prices soar: DA exec</a></li>	<li><a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/business/07/04/23/economic-sabotage-marcos-orders-probe-on-onion-cartel">&#x27;Economic sabotage&#x27;: Marcos orders probe on onion &#x27;cartel&#x27;</a></li></ul><p>Marcos, who concurrently sits as agriculture chief one year into office, said he instructed the Department of Justice and the National Bureau of Investigation to look into the matter &quot;beyond onions.&quot;</p><p>&quot;Hindi ako mahilig magbigay ng deadline. Siyempre gusto ko tapusin nila agad pero kailangan tapos. Hindi hilaw. Let them do their investigation,&quot; the President said in a chance interview with Palace reporters.</p><p>&quot;Kako sa kanila, kailangan malaman ninyo na hindi lamang sa sibuyas kundi sa mga sindikato, maraming sindikato na nag-ooperate pa para habulin na natin, matigil ang kanilang ginagawa,&quot; he added. </p><ul class="op-related-articles">	<li><a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/business/05/18/23/onions-among-most-smuggled-products-in-ph-pnp">Onions among most smuggled products in PH: PNP</a></li></ul><p>He reiterated what the syndicates were doing &quot;amounts to economic sabotage.&quot; </p><p>&quot;Hindi natin basta papabayaan ito dahil may ginugutom na Pilipino. May namamatay from starvation and poverty na Pilipino dahil sa kanilang ginagawa... tama na &#x27;yan,&quot; he added. </p><p>In a video message released by the Presidential Communications Office Tuesday, Marcos said he based his order on the findings of a House of Representatives investigation earlier this year on the soaring prices of onions, which were allegedly orchestrated by a cartel.</p><p>Prices of onions reached a whopping P700 per kilo in December last year. </p><ul class="op-related-articles">	<li><a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/business/01/19/23/govt-hiking-onion-production-amid-high-prices-marcos">Onion woes &#x27;a demand and supply situation&#x27; Marcos says as prices remain high</a></li></ul><p>In February, the Philippine Competition Commission said it had been <a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/business/02/27/23/pcc-eyes-finishing-probe-on-onion-cartel-in-2-3-months">investigating</a> the possible existence of an onion cartel since November 2022.</p><figure class="op-interactive"><iframe allow="autoplay; fullscreen" frameBorder="0" height="100%" id="ivsplayer01" scrolling="no" src="https://player.ivideosmart.com/ivsplayer/v4/dist/html/iframe-src.html?iframeid=ivsplayer01&amp;key=e8c22c015ca9eafa76f1e3edfa03c603&amp;spid=3001339&amp;vid=2706143" width="100%"></iframe></figure><div class="iwantbar">Watch more News on <a href="https://www.iwanttfc.com/#!/browse/Genres/News/tag_id_genres/id_news" target="_blank">iWantTFC</a></div>

'Hindi ako mahilig magbigay ng deadline. Siyempre gusto ko tapusin nila agad pero kailangan tapos. Hindi hilaw,' said the President.

'Dapat tapos, hindi hilaw': No deadline set on probe vs agri cartels, says Marcos

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'Dapat tapos, hindi hilaw': No deadline set on probe vs agri cartels, says Marcos

Job Manahan,

ABS-CBN News

Published Jul 05, 2023 11:20 AM PHT

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