Former Presidential Adviser for Political Affairs Ronald Llamas is dismayed with the alleged inaction of the Senate blue ribbon committee chaired by Senator Francis Tolentino on investigating the issue of the sugar importation mess.
Senator Francis Tolentino is standing firmly behind the Senate blue ribbon committee report that recommended the filing of charges against four Agriculture officials but cleared Executive Secretary Vic Rodriguez in the sugar import mess.
An education department official has been given immunity by a Senate panel to encourage him “to come forward with evidence” on the controversial purchase of laptops.
Senator Risa Hontiveros believes Executive Secretary Vic Rodriguez should be held liable for the unauthorized plan to import 300,000 metric tons of sugar even if he has been cleared by the Senate Blue Ribbon Committee.
Prinesenta na sa plenaryo ng senado ang report ng senate blue ribbon committee patungkol sa kinuwestiyong paglalabas ng sugar order number 4.
Senate Deputy Minority Leader Risa Hontiveros called out the supposed “silence” of the Senate Blue Ribbon Committee on the accountability of Executive Secretary Victor Rodriguez in the sugar importation fiasco.
Senator Risa Hontiveros believes Executive Secretary Vic Rodriguez should be held liable for the unauthorized plan to import 300,000 metric tons of sugar even if he has been cleared by the Senate Blue Ribbon Committee.
MANILA – The Senate Blue Ribbon Committee has recommended the filing of criminal and administrative charges against suspended Agriculture Undersecretary Leocadio Sebastian and three former executives of the Sugar Regulatory Authority (SRA) in connection with the sugar importation fiasco.
The Senate Blue Ribbon Committee has denied the request of former Procurement Service of the Department of Budget and Management (PS-DBM) chief Lloyd Christopher Lao for clearance so the immigration lookout order bulletin issued against him will be lifted.
Executive Secretary Victor Rodriguez said suspended Agriculture Undersecretary Leocadio Sebastian didn’t tender his resignation amid his role in the supposed irregularities in the issuance of controversial Sugar Order No. 4.
