SENATE Minority Leader Aquilino Pimentel III on Tuesday called for an investigation into a deal in which the government leased out a prime 4.9-hectare lot to a private organization of exporters for only P1,000 a year starting in 1996.
At a budget hearing, Pimentel questioned the 50-year deal between the Center for International Trade Expositions and Missions (Citem) and the Philippine Exporters Confederation Inc. (Philexport), saying it was "grossly disadvantageous" to the government.
