LA TRINIDAD, Benguet: Senators are to blame for the stalled distribution of P80-billion worth of coconut levy funds to its rightful owners--coconut farmers, Liberal Party (LP) residential candidate Manuel “Mar” Roxas 2nd said in La Trinidad recently.

Roxas, in a visit to the Trading Post, the hub for fresh vegetables and fruits, here, was referring to the funds that are taxes exacted from coconut farmers under the strongman rule of then-President Ferdinand Marcos.

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