A day after staging a lightning protest at the Turkish flour exhibit at the World Food Expo (WOFEX) 2010, the People’s Movement Against Poverty (PMAP) asked yesterday for the immediate resignation of Trade Undersecretary Zenaida C. Maglaya for "showing extreme bias against the welfare of poor Filipinos."
PMAP made the demand after Maglaya directed the Bureau of Customs (BOC) and the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to allow the "continuing illegal dumping" of "contaminated" Turkish flour into the Philippines.
PMAP chair Ronald Lumbao said that Maglaya’s published statement that "the FDA and BOC should fix" the issues concerning the technical smuggling and the reported contamination of Turkish flour with cancer-causing mycotoxin is a "clear sell out."
Lumbao said that instead of saying that the Philippines should succumb to Turkey and the EU bloc, Maglaya should have asked the FDA to protect the health of Filipinos against toxic Turkish flour.
"Alam kaya ni Pangulong Noynoy Aquino na isinusugal ni Usec. Maglaya ang kaligtasan ng pinakamahihirap na Pilipino na ang kasalanan lang ay hindi nila alam na gawa na pala sa Turkish flour ang kanilang pandesal o pansit na kinakain,"said Lumbao.
Source: http://www.malaya.com.ph/08062010/busi11.html
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