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In the face of the flip-flop over the Security
of Tenure (SOT) bill, the labor group Partido Manggagawa (PM) slammed the plan
to either “tweak” or “veto” the proposal that will lapse into law tomorrow.
“Not satisfied with an already
watered-down SOT bill, Malacanang wants to cripple if not kill it. Between labor’s
demand to end endo and the employers’ call to veto it, President Duterte seems
bent on surrendering to the capitalist blackmail,” stated Rene Magtubo, PM
national chair.
He added that “We wish to remind the
President that three months into his administration he forcefully warned
employers that he will kill them for continuing with the practice of endo. Now
that he is three years into his term, he has changed his tune by repeating the
capitalist chorus that businesses will die if workers are made regular. Duterte’s
promise to end endo is dead.”
The group also challenged Presidential
Spokesperson Sal Panelo to resign from his post and stop confusing the public. “If
Panelo was a contractual worker, he would have been terminated for all his bloopers.
But such is the double standard of life. Public officials can laugh off their
mistakes while endo workers suffer from job insecurity,” asserted Magtubo.
PM is asking Malacanang to explain the truth
behind the copy of the veto. “What is the status of the veto of the SOT bill that
is already signed by the President and validated by a barcode of Malacanang? Is
this a Damocles sword for the workers to accept a mangled SOT bill in return
for not it being vetoed?,” Magtubo asked.
26 July 2019
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