Atienza challenges Sec. Dar

BUHAY Partylist Representative Lito Atienza challenged newly appointed Agriculture Secretary William Dar to do a better job than his predecessors, especially in protecting the country’s rich aquatic resources as well as protecting the welfare of our fisherfolk.

“Our country has been blessed with abundant aquatic resources, and yet until now, our fisherfolk are still on the lowest rung of our economy. We tried personally helping them by liberating our water bodies that have been overrun by fishpens and fish cages owned by big corporations and some of them are even foreigners. But ironically, it was the DA then that prevented us from succeeding. Now we ask Secretary Dar – do you accept the challenge of doing a far better job in helping our poor fishermen than previous DA managers?” Atienza asked during his interpellation on the budget of the Department of Agriculture, sponsored by Congresswoman Luisa Cuaresma of Nueva Vizcaya.