Adding salt to injury
Posted on April 8, 2008 - Filed Under Governance
Step aside, Joc-joc Bolante. It looks like the fertilizer scam that you allegedly orchestrated has now been overshadowed.
As reported by Malaya . . .
“COCONUT farmers yesterday echoed the call of the Federation of Free Farmers for an investigation on a P2 billion salt fertilization project and corn seed program of the Philippine Coconut Authority (PCA) for violation of government rules on procurement.”
“The coconut farmers belonging to the Pambansang Koalisyon ng Samahang Magsasaka at Mang-gagawa sa Niyugan called the program a waste of money. ‘Failure po ang corn seeds at hunger mitigation program ng Pangulo. Thirty percent lang ang germination rate ng mga mais at late ang delivery ng corn seeds na dapat May pa dumating, kaso dumating ay July at August na.’ ”
“‘Nasa $92 million ang gagastusin sa pag-iimport natin ng asin sa China. Bakit kailangan pa e ang Pilipinas, napapaligiran naman ng dagat. P25 ang cost nito kung bibilhin sa China pero sa palengke P5 lang,’ the group said.”
Why, indeed, was it necessary to import salt . . . at 5 times the retail price at any public market . . . when there has never been a salt shortage in our country?
Okay, there’s the matter of ‘tong-pats’ but who are these PCA people who had the gall to believe that they could actually insult the intelligence of our fellow Filipinos with this unprecedented level of greed and expected to get away with it?
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