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Malacanang announced on Saturday that President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr. has enlisted the help of the corporate sector in his effort to step up the fight against the nation’s pervasive smuggling.

Marcos bemoaned that the current system is “not functioning” despite efforts to stop smuggling during a meeting with the Private Sector Advisory Council (PSAC) on Thursday at Malacanang Palace in Manila.

“We have a system, but they don’t work, to be brutally honest. Smuggling is extremely prevalent in this nation. Therefore, I don’t care how many systems we put in place because they don’t function, he told PSAC, according to a quote from the Presidential Communications Office (PCO). “As a result, we must find another solution. These systems, which have already shown themselves to be rather ineffectual, cannot be relied upon going forward.

In a statement, PCO Secretary Cheloy Garafil quoted Marcos as saying that to combat rampant smuggling, relevant government entities must take action and be “more imaginative.”

According to Garafil, Marcos highlighted the necessity to clearly define the roles of the government’s agencies and, if necessary, create new ones in order to do so.

She claimed that as his administration works to support investments and business activity in the nation, the Chief Executive is particularly interested in reforming the bureaucracy to stop smuggling, lower logistics costs, and assure ease of doing business.

The “main complaints” Marcos is hearing from the business sector are related to the difficulty of doing business and the inefficiency of the nation’s airports and seaports, Garafil continued.

The President was quoted by her as saying, “Whether the systems are ineffective, if it’s the way they’re being operated, or whether it’s the result of side deals by the people, the ultimate result is that the systems currently in place are not working.” The President stated that because of the significant costs to both the state and private sectors, the government cannot continue to ignore the problem.

Garafil stated that one of the suggestions given at Marcos’ meeting with the PSAC to enable the “efficient sharing of information” was to open up the database to the Bureau of Customs and the Department of Agriculture.

“Officials claimed it was a method of combining data to combat smuggling. Because of the documentation requirements or “paper chase,” even authorities, they claimed, have trouble finding smugglers, she said.

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