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Results of Pulse Asia’s
December 2023 survey on Filipino’s most urgent national concerns belie what
proponents of the people’s initiative would claim as a groundswell of grassroot
support for charter change.
Published yesterday,
survey results showed the majority of Filipinos were unhappy with the way the
Marcos government is addressing the problems of inflation, and nothing
indicates charter change to be one of their most urgent national concerns.
At the top
of Filipinos' most urgent concern is controlling inflation (72%),
increasing the pay of workers (40%), creating more jobs (28%), reducing the
poverty of many Filipinos (25%), and fighting graft and corruption (19%).
“Hindi P100 kada pirma
kundi mahigit P100 na wage increase at trabaho ang nais ng mga Pilipino,” emphasized
Partido Manggagawa (PM) Chair Renato Magtubo.
The statement came in
reaction to the organized paid signature drive for chacha monitored by its
chapters in many areas around the country in recent days.
He added Filipinos bid
farewell to 2023 hopeful that things would get better by 2024 and beyond.
Magtubo pointed out
that as Filipinos bid farewell to 2023, they were hopeful for positive changes
in 2024 and beyond. He stated, "Nowhere did we hear a clamor for charter
change from the grassroots to address the issues highlighted in the survey.
What we are certain about is that the initiative is an organized campaign
orchestrated from the higher echelons of power."
The group insists that sorely lacking are effective government initiatives to combat inflation, provide substantial wage increases for workers, and address chronic unemployment problems.
PRESS RELEASE
09 January 2024
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