17 solons seek termination of EO lowering pork import tariffs By ANNA FELICIA BAJO, GMA News Published April 14, 2021 4:32pm Seventeen lawmakers from the House of Representatives filed a joint resolution on Wednesday calling for the termination of President Rodrigo Duterte's Executive Order No. 128, which reduces the tariff rate for pork imports. The resolution was filed by Representatives Carlos Isagani Zarate, Rose Marie Arenas, Jose Christopher Belmonte, Arlene Brosas, Argel Joseph Cabatbat, France Castro, Eufemia Cullamat, Lorenz Defensor, Sarah Elago, Edgar Erice, Ferdinand Gaite, Janette Garin, Rico Geron, Jonathan Keith Flores, Edcel Lagman, Geraldine Roman, and Noel Villanueva. The lawmakers said tariff reduction, as well as the increased minimum access volume of pork imports, would further decimate the local pork industry and it would also undermine the local production and the country's food security.