Congress clashes with admin as Duterte told to scrap pork imports EO Apr 15, 2021 2:38 PM PHT Legislators from both chambers of Congress are at loggerheads with the executive branch as they formalized their call for President Rodrigo Duterte to revoke the executive order (EO) reducing taxes on imported pork. On Thursday, April 15, the Senate – sitting as the committee of the whole – adopted a resolution urging Duterte to "withdraw" Executive Order No. 128, which reduces import taxes on chilled and fresh pork meat to address the supply shortage and soaring prices. The same resolution also wants Duterte to set aside his initial proposal to Congress to increase the minimum access volume (MAV) or the number of allowable pork imports with lower tariffs to 350,000 metric tons from the current 54,000 MT.