My elation with Sec. Alcala’s announcement was likely shared by our rice farmers and Filipinos as a whole. We want government to support our producers with infrastructure and other resources that they need, instead of patronizing the rice exporters of Vietnam, Thailand, and India. Moreover, Filipinos oppose a repeat of the long lines of consumers waiting for hours to buy cheaper rice at National Food Authority outlets in 1995 and the huge losses incurred by the NFA when it imported rice at exorbitant rates from 2008 to 2010.
Hulyo 4,1946 nanumpa si Roxas sa harapan ng mga pulitikong Pilipino at representante ng pamahalaang Amerika. Nang maging Pangulo, inuna muna niyang maglabas ng batas na magpapawalang sala sa lahat ng opisyal ng pamahalaan at mga pulitiko tulad nina Jose P. Laurel (lolo ni Peter Laurel ng Lyceum of the Philippines University), Benigno Aquino Sr. (lolo ni Benigno Simeon Cojuangco Aquino III), at Claro M. Recto (lolo ni Ralph Recto) na mapawalang sala sa krimeng isinampa laban sa kanila dahil sa paninilbihan sa ikalawang Republika ng Pilipinas na itinayo ng pamahalaang Hapon sa bansa.