Deputy House Speaker Sergio Apostol chided an anti-smoking advocacy group for trying to get congressional authority to allow it to monitor local tobacco manufacturers and conduct its own financial audit.

“This is a ridiculous suggestion and a brazen act of undermining the government’s official function of collecting taxes,” Apostol said on Tuesday.

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