House minority asks Piñol, 2 other Cabinet execs to resign over rice supply controversy

THE minority bloc at the House of Representatives is calling for the resignation of three officials allegedly responsible for driving up the price of rice because of a perceived shortage in supply.

Minority Leader Danilo Suarez and his deputies Alfredo Garbin of Ako Bicol party-list and Jose Atienza of Buhay party-list made the call a day after Agriculture Secretary Emmanuel Piñol announced that the country’s rice inventory of 1,320,927 metric tons (MT) was good for only 40 days, which was lower than the required 90-day buffer stock.