DAVAO CITY (MindaNews / 23 July) — Some 300 members of BAYAN-Southern Mindanao will gather at 4 p.m. Monday at the Freedom Park here while President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. delivers his […]
DAVAO CITY — Some 300 members of BAYAN-Southern Mindanao will gather at 4 p.m. Monday at the Freedom Park here while President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. delivers his second State of the Nation Address before a joint session of Congress at the Batasang Pambansa in Quezon City.
Dizon lamented that the President has not yet acted on their call for a significant increase in the minimum wage because it can hardly support the needs of the Filipino families due to increases in the prices of basic commodities. Lindo said she hopes that the R.A. 11953, condones all the “unpaid amortizations of the principal debt, including interest and surcharges, if any, incurred by agrarian reform beneficiaries,” will be implemented properly “in the spirit of State accountability.”
“He will also brag about his signing of the Maharlika Investment Fund, which smacks of economic adventurism. That is unsustainable economics. And what’s more, the fact that most Filipinos feel the hardship of day to day living because there is no significant change in the salaries of workers,” she said.She added that she has yet to see action on his part to defend the Philippines and hold China accountable for its aggressions in the West Philippine Sea.
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