Senator Leila M. de Lima chided the administration for failing to provide proper public transportation after it downgraded Metro Manila from modified enhanced community quarantine (MECQ) to a more relaxed general community quarantine (GCQ).
“This public transportation debacle just as we went into the GCQ smacks of gross elitism, inexcusable lack of foresight, and ultimately a failure of leadership,” she said.
Based on media reports, the lack of options for mass transportation forced thousands of commuters returning to work on the first day of GCQ to either walk to offices or hitch rides on the backs of trucks or other private vehicles, if they weren’t stranded on Metro Manila roads. “Di hamak na maraming Pilipino ang walang sariling sasakyan, walang pambayad sa taxi, at walang choice kundi magtrabaho para sa pamilya ,” she said.
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