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| Bayan Muna Rep. Ferdinand Gaite / photo from Twitter |
Bayan Muna party
list representative disagrees with the suggestion of Senate President Vicente
Sotto III to have a “full-blown execution” of the national ID system to resolve
the problems during distribution of subsidy amid the coronavirus situation in
the country.
Rep.
Ferdinand Gaite of the said party list said that it is “untimely, impractical,
and burdensome for the poor.”
“Instead of
hastening delivery of aid, this would slow it down further and unnecessarily
burden our poor kababayans (countrymen) who would have to secure requirements
for the ID. This might even deprive more rather than provide and expand access
to government aid,” he said in a statement on Wednesday.
“What would
hasten the delivery of aid is the identification of those who are exempted from
receiving. These are the richest 10% of the population or, based on a
population of 108 million or approximately 20 million families, just around 2
million families,” Gaite added
The
lawmaker suggested that government should utilize the list of the “poorest of
the poor” in the 4Ps beneficiary database.
“The
government must also forego of its plan to deduct the total cost of food packs
and the 4Ps assistance/CCT they already received. Huwag na nilang tipirin ang
mga higit na nangangailangan,” Gaite stressed
Sotto
earlier explained that national ID system execution would address the discrepancies
between local government units vs the database of the Department of Social
Welfare and Development (DSWD).
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