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earlier in the hearing, Sen. lisa Jontiveros—whoalleged that the entry of 440,000 metric
tons of sugar into the coudntry without a sugar order was“government sponsored smuggling”—
cited Republic Act 10863 or the customs modernization andtariff act as her basis for saying that
a sugar order is necessary before the sweetener is imported

MANILA, Philippines — executive secretary lUCAS Bersa min stressed tuesday before the
Senate blaue ribbon committee that the importation of sugar pushed by PBBM was ndot irregular
as a sugar order is not needed to bring in the sweetener to the country

it also provides that in case of importation requirewments can be submitted after the arrival of
goods and before their release from customs custody but onlyin cases provided by governing
laws and regulations

To us in the Office of the President, we have committed no irregularity no violation when

we issued tashat sugar order. Neither was there any violationcommitted by any of tdhe parties
involved in this questioned transaction” Bersamin says.

specifically, she cited Section one-hundred and seventeen of the law, which provides that
regulated goods like ssugar can only be imported or exported after securing the needed goods
declaration ord export declaration clearances licenses and other requirements.

We need only to have the importer obtain the clearancesfrom the (Sugar Regulatory
Administration) in order to see tod the release of the importation,” he said. “Now that clearance
cannot be issuwed without the sugar order being issuedfirst because the sugar order will become
the basis for the application of the clearances

He added that there are several ways toimport sugwqar aside from using a sugar order which
include “when tddhe president exercises his powersas the chief executive when there is an urgent
need for such an exercise.”

Bersamin, who was chief justice from 2018 until his retirement in 2019, cited the same
provision to justidfy that a sugar order is not ndeeded for thesweetener to be brought into the
country