“We will raise these assertions during the planned National Coconut Farmers’ Assembly in Malacanang this month,” Lebico said, adding that the mechanisms and institutional processes for the return of the coco levy fund can be worked out during the Assembly as long as coconut farmers have the control and decision-making on how to manage and utilize the fund.
Ang panukalang batas na inaprubahan ng Kongreso na eksaktong kinopya mula sa mga Executive Order ng Malakanyang ay magbabalewala sa ilang dekada nang pakikibaka ng mga magniniyog at muling magdadambong sa pondo ng coco levy at magpapaubaya nito sa mga pribadong imbestor at negosyo.