RESOLUTION URGING THE DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE (DA) TO RECOMMEND TO THE PRESIDENT TO DECLARE A STATE OF NATIONAL CALAMITY DUE TO THE SEVERE IMPACT OF AFRICAN SWINE FEVER (ASF) ON THE SWINE INDUSTRY

RESOLUTION EXPRESSING THE SENSE OF THE SENATE TO PERSUADE THE CHIEF EXECUTIVE, HIS EXCELLENCY RODRIGO ROA DUTERTE, TO DISAPPROVE THE RECOMMENDATION OF THE DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE TO LOWER THE TARIFF RATES ON AND TO INCREASE THE MINIMUM ACCESS VOLUME OF IMPORTED PORK PRODUCTS, AND TO URGE THE DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE TO RECOMMEND TO THE PRESIDENT THAT A STATE OF NATIONAL CALAMITY BE DECLARED DUE TO THE SEVERE IMPACT OF AFRICAN SWINE FEVER ON THE SWINE INDUSTRY