Coconut farmers are coming up with a position paper that will formally ask President Rodrigo Duterte to veto Coconut Farmers and Industry Trust Fund or the Coco Levy Act, which will pave the way for the release of the P100-billion Coco Levy Fund.
Pambansang Kaisahan ng Magbubukid sa Pilipinas (PKMP) Chairman Eduardo Mora said thousands of coconut farmers are soon set to convene so they can draft some sort of a position paper against the proposed Coco Levy Act.
“This is our direction. We will seek a meeting with OP [Office of the President] and we will submit our position paper,” Mora told Business Bulletin.
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