The Department of Foreign Affairs gives a reality check following President Ferdinand Marcos Jr.'s pronouncement in his second SONA that Saudi Arabia would 'now' pay labor claims, around seven years since the OFWs lost their jobs
This was also one of the matters relating to OFWs that Marcos boasted of in his“The Crown Prince of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia himself personally committed to me that the unpaid claims of Filipino workers would now be paid,” he said in the SONA.
Tulfo said that Ople should not have announced the Crown Prince’s promise if they weren’t sure about when that promise would be fulfilled. It also appears that Saudi Arabia’s “gift” is not a gift from the government at all. The DFA understood that the Saudi government was helping with the process of getting the claims from the companies.
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