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Inihain ang panukalang batas na layong obligahin ang mga inihalal at itinalagang opisyal ng gobyerno na gumamit ng pampublikong sasakyan papunta at pauwi ng trabaho.
Isinusulong ni AANGAT TAYO party-list Rep. Neil Abayon ang House Bill 6195 na nagtutulak sa mga opisyal ng gobyerno na mag-commute isang beses sa isang buwan tuwing rush hour.
House Bill 6195 requires elected and appointed public officials and civil servants in national and local government offices with the rank (or equivalent) of division chief to Department Secretary to ride public land transport to and from work and for official business, at least once every calendar month during weekday rush hours. The mode of transportation includes passenger buses, commuter trains, light rail, taxis and transport network vehicle service, public utility jeepneys, and passenger tricycles.
Ayon kay Rep. Abayon, layunin ng panukala na iparamdam sa mga opisyal ang hirap na nararanasan araw-araw ng mga pangkaraniwang commuter.
Sa pamamagitan daw nito, mas magiging epektibo silang public servant dahil mas mauunawaan nila ang hinaing ng ordinaryong mamamayan.
“Public service requires empathy and concern for the people being served. Public service improves when it is rendered with empathy and compassion. Public service requires living modestly and does not mean entitlement to perks such as business class and first class accommodations with airlines,” Abayon said.
“The only exceptions to the limitations on land, air, and sea travel provided are actual existing physical handicap or serious medical condition that significantly limits physical movement and mobility as certified by a licensed practicing medical specialist; and Security threats and concerns involving the President, Vice President, the Chief Justice, and Justices of the Supreme Court,” it said.
Para sa ilang kongresista at Cabinet secretaries, wala namang problema kung kailangan nilang mag-commute papuntang opisina.
"If Congress will pass that, I don't mind doing [the commute], because I've been doing that while I was in government service. Sumasakay ako sa MRT, LRT," ani Labor Secretary Silvestre Bello III.
"Okay lang mag-commute once a month. Mas maiintidihan mo ang isang bagay kung mararanasan mo nang personal," pahayag naman ni Laguna Rep. Sol Aragones.
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