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Iginiit ng isang kongresista na maihahalintulad sa secret marshals noong panahon ng Batas Militar ang pagpapakalat ng mystery passengers sa mga pampublikong sasakyan para ipatupad ang ‘No vax no ride’ ng Department of Transportation (DOTr)
Ayon kay Bagong Henerasyon party list Rep. Bernadette Herrera, dapat na itigil ng DOTr ang utos nito dahil sa pangambang matulad lamang ito sa “secret marshal” na ipinakalat noong panahon ng Martial Law.
“The mystery passengers would be undercover law enforcers to enforce quarantine laws. That would be overkill. Quarantine measures must be explicit and public. As law enforcers, ‘mystery passengers’ would be duty-bound to take action whatever law is violated whether or not quarantine laws are involved. That can be the start of a slippery slope,” paliwanag pa ng mambabatas.
Dagdag pa nito na ang nais ng DOTr ay hindi katanggap-tanggal sa panahon na may pandemya ang bansa at nagkukulang ang public transport system.
“Please stop it now. Just make the public screening measures work. Unvaccinated Filipinos are taxpayers too and they pay for all the public transport systems. They have every right of access,” sabi ni Herrera.
“Instead of banning the unvaccinated from public transport, designate units where the unvaxxed can get their rides,” dagdag pa nito.
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