Senators moved to avert the planned weeklong strike against the impending phaseout of traditional jeepneys — a policy described by one lawmaker as “hastily planned, haphazardly implemented” without safety nets to affected operators and drivers. | MAgerINQ
“We owe it to our people to provide them with a safe, reliable and adequate transport system,” Poe said.
Senator Francis “Chiz” Escudero, meanwhile, called for a review of the phase-out policy as well as the government’s “timetable, financial package and subsidy and assistance to affected drivers and operators.” “This was hastily planned, haphazardly implemented and offered no safety nets whatsoever to the drivers and operators,” Escudero said in a separate statement.If the drivers and owners could not really afford to buy new units for their operations, then Senate Minority Leader Aquilino “Koko” Pimentel said the government should not push through with the phaseout of traditional jeepneys.
He said the government should have thought carefully every little detail of the financing plan before implementing the jeepney modernization program.“Kung mukhang hindi talaga kakayanin ng mga owner-tsuper ang pag bayad sa mga sinasabing bagong units sa pamamagitan ng pamamasada, ay ‘wag ng ituloy ito kasi hindi naman na propose yang programa na yan para lamang bigyan ng dagdag na pabigat ang mga drivers ng jeepney at ang taong bayan,” he said in another statement.
Pimentel, nevertheless, recognized everyone’s right to hold a strike or collective action, noting there is freedom of association as well as freedom of assembly.Subscribe to our daily newsletter
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