The United Sugar Producers Federation is hopeful that the courts will see the merit of their argument to issue a permanent Temporary Restraining Order (TRO) against the Sugar Order No. 3 issued by the Sugar Regulatory Administration, UNIFED President Manuel Lamata said Sunday, February 27.
They have been informed that the courts will issue the decision by March 4 as their TRO will expire on March 6, he said.
“We are hoping for a favorable ruling for another extension of the TRO or make it permanent,” Lamata said.
UNIFED director, Joseph Edgar Sarrosa, who filed the case as president of the Rural Sugar Planters Association Inc., a member association of UNIFED, said “we had a productive discussion and we remain positive about this entire exercise.”
If they will not get another TRO, they will file another motion on the date that it expires, Lamata said.
Sarrosa also said that they are closely following the proceedings of similar cases filed by other groups against SO 3.*