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Nanawagan ang isang kongresista kay Pangulong Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr., na sertipikahan bilang urgent ang panukalang Magna Carta of Barangay Health Workers at pagpapababa ng presyo ng pangunahing bilihin at pagsasaayos ng PNR rail line.
“I wish President Ferdinand Marcos Jr will certify as urgent or at least give special mention of our bill, the proposed Magna Carta of Barangay Health Workers, which was unable to gain traction in the Senate for lack of material time and because of the higher priority given to pandemic response measures and economic reforms,” sabi ni BHW praty list Rep. Angelica Natasha Co.
Sinabi pa ng mambabatas na umaasa itong tuluyan nang maipapasa ang BHW Magna Carta na naipasa noong 18th Congress dahil sa dumaan na ito sa masusuing pag-aaral.
“The sooner the bill is sent to the Senate, the better the chances of it becoming law, avoiding the fate that befell it the last time around,” sabi ni Co.
“In the SONA, we hope to see a status report on inflation and a detailed-enough road map on how our elevated monthly inflation of above 6% will be brought down not just statistically but in ways felt by all Filipino households. BHW Party-list is concerned about inflation because high prices of food, fuel, transport, and utilities means less cash in the household budget for health and personal care needs,” sabi nito.
Ipinaliwanag pa ng mambabatas na mahalagang mapababa ang presyo ng pangunahing bilihin kasunod ang solusyon sa usapin ng produktong petrolyo.
“We also would like to hear in the SONA some details on how to vaccinate and boost the unvaxxed and unboosted especially in Mindanao and remote areas of Luzon and the Visayas. It is also long overdue for the Food and Drug Administration to give full approval for the Moderna and Pfizer COVID vaccines and boosters. The past 2 years and 4 four months of EUA and actual jabbing should be more than enough for hard evidence on the effectiveness of the Moderna and Pfizer vaccines. It is time to let all hospitals, including the private hospitals, and all doctors, including those with their own clinics, to jab the vaccines for free. Those vaccines were bought with public funds and foreign debt and many were donated, so they should still be administered for free by private hospitals and private clinics,” paliwanag nito.
Samantala, ang hiniling din ni Co na ituloy na ang Philippine National Railways South Line to Bicol bagama’t umatras na ang China na ituloy ito dahil sa may iba pang bansa ang maaaring magtulong nito kabilang ang Japan, South Korea, Spain, Germany, ang European Union, at ang Asian Development Bank na kilala sa rail systems.
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