RESOLUTION DIRECTING THE SENATE COMMITTEE ON AGRICULTURE AND OTHER APPROPRIATE SENATE COMMITTEES TO CONDUCT AN INQUIRY, IN AID OF LEGISLATION, ON THE STATUS OF THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THE SUGAR INDUSTRY DEVELOPMENT ACT OF 2015, PARTICULARLY ON THE REPORTED FAILURE OF THE DEPARTMENT OF BUDGET AND MANAGEMENT TO INCLUDE THE MANDATORY APPROPRIATION OF TWO BILLION PESOS IN THE GENERAL APPROPRIATIONS ACT AND THE NON-IMPLEMENTATION OF THE SUGAR REGULATORY ADMINISTRATOR OF THE PROGRAMS UNDER SIDA

RESOLUTION URGING THE DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE AND THE SUGAR REGULATORY ADMINISTRATION TO MITIGATE THE CURRENT SITUATION OF THE PHILIPPINE SUGAR INDUSTRY BY CONVERTING THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA’S TARIFF-RATE QUOTA (TRQ) ALLOCATIONS FOR LOCAL INDUSTRIAL CONSUMERS

RESOLUTION URGING THE EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENT NOT TO PURSUE THE PLANNED LIBERALIZATION OF THE SUGAR INDUSTRY WITH THE END IN VIEW OF SAFEGUARDING THE WELFARE OF SUGAR FARMERS AND INDUSTRY WORKERS IN MORE THAN TWENTY (20) PROVINCES IN THE COUNTRY

RESOLUTION URGING THE APPROPRIATE SENATE COMMITTEE TO CONDUCT AN INQUIRY, IN AID OF LEGISLATION, INTO THE CONTINUED INCAPACITY OF THE SUGAR REGULATORY ADMINISTRATION (SRA) IN STRENGTHENING THE SUGAR INDUSTRY