Haste doesn’t just make
waste; it also bears a dubious agenda. This is according to women leaders in
the labor movement who are celebrating International Women’s Day today.
Partido Manggagawa (PM)
Secretary General Judy Ann Miranda, said they were referring to the Resolution
of Both Houses No. 7 (RBH 7) that was swiftly approved by the House of
Representatives’ Committee of the Whole with only six days of marathon hearing.
In an earlier statement,
Miranda said the lightning approval of RBH 7 “is equivalent to a political hack
which is unthinkable for a huge political body known for being laggard and
protracted in its lawmaking process, especially when it comes to women and
other social development agenda.”
Miranda cited as an example
the lengthy years of enacting the reproductive health bill, which took 14
years, and now the proposed divorce law, as well as the right to safe and
affordable abortion even for special cases, may even take longer. The same
is true, she added, when it comes to the proposed wage hike as the last act of
Congress in legislating the wage hike was in 1989.
Photos of women’s rallies yesterday that includes demands against charter change and for public services can be accessed at PM FB: https://www.facebook.com/partidomanggagawa/
08 March 2024
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