Consumer advocacy group Laban Konsyumer Inc. (LKI) urged the government to recall the new department administrative order (DAO) on cement importation to remove suspicion of graft.

“I just want the Department of Trade and Industry [DTI] to recall the DAO and rewrite a uniform technical regulation applicable to imported cement to remove suspicion of graft and maintain product quality for all,” LKI president Vic Dimagiba told The Manila Times in a text message on Monday.

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