More jobs, no to CCT dole outs By Charlie V. Manalo 01/16/2011

SOLON TELLS AQUINO

More jobs, no to CCT dole outs

By Charlie V. Manalo 01/16/2011

While admitting they can not force the estimated 2.3 million family-beneficiaries of the conditional cash transfer (CCT) program from rejecting the P1,400 monthly cash assistance, a lady solon yesterday reiterated their call to President Aquino to reconsider his administration’s CCT program and come up with policies and programs that will create concrete jobs for Filipino workers.

“President Aquino is creating a grand illusion that his CCT program will reduce the hunger incidence in the country. While we cannot deny that the 2.3 million target poor families will not reject the P1,400 monthly assistance under this program, we know and they know that this program will not change their hand-to-mouth existence,” said Gabriela Rep. Emmi de Jesus citing the recent SWS survey showed that 18.1 percent or about 3.4 million families experienced hunger in the past three months.

De Jesus called on the Aquino administration to prioritize policies and programs that will create more decent jobs for the workers, the farmers, and all the marginalized Filipinos who have always wanted to have an income enough to provide for all the needs of their family. Pushing for genuine land reform and nationalist industrialization are sure-fire remedies that will open up hundreds of thousands of new jobs, and not the measly 43,000 jobs touted by the Aquino administration..... MORE

Source:  The Daily Tribune

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