(UPDATED) MALACAÑANG has launched an investigation of the "unauthorized" meeting of the Sugar Regulatory Administration (SRA) where a resolution was approved to import 300,000 metric tons of sugar, a decision which was later rejected by President Ferdinand "Bongbong" Marcos Jr.

Press Secretary Rose Beatrix "Trixie" Cruz-Angeles said during a press briefing Thursday the SRA cannot be convened without the President, who also heads the Department of Agriculture (DA), making the resolution "illegal."

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