BBM: Watch me sustain P20/kilo rice

As critics doubt the viability of the P20-a-kilo rice program, President Marcos said his administration has found a way to sustain the initiative.

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In a media interview Tuesday, Marcos said efforts to stabilize prices, including deals forged with rice-producing countries, made it possible to sell rice at a subsidized P20 per kilo.

"There are those who are saying, 'It is just for image enhancement, it is just cosmetic.' Well, they're fair... to have that opinion... It's unsustainable. It's really that — what people are saying," the President said after the Association of Southeast Asian Nations Summit here.

"Watch me sustain it. And then, we'll talk in May of 2028 whether it pushed through or not. We found a way to do it," he added.