Doleouts just won’t work
- Written by Tribune Editorial
- Saturday, 21 July 2012
The conditional cash transfer (CCT) program of Noynoy is one of the most expensive items in the yearly government budget and the most frequently criticized due to doubts that it is being properly monitored, thus turning it into what many fear it is turning out to be just as what was intended by Noynoy and his Liberal Party — which is mere political doleouts that would be used to bribe the poor to give them the vote come election day.
The allocation for the program which the administration calls the Pantawid Pamilyang Pilipino Program (4P) totals P23 billion this year and by next year the allotment for it will almost double to P40 billion to target 3.5 million families which were supposedly identified by the administration of Noynoy as extremely poor.
Not so poor, after all, as the Commission on Audit (CoA) review of the program showed many of the so-called beneficiaries of the program are not exactly among the marginalized.
The CoA interviewed sample beneficiaries throughout the country and the results were no surprise at all, especially to critics.
A handful of the beneficiaries was obviously delegated by some allied political figures in the areas, some have legitimate jobs and even one is a proprietor owning an apartment space.... MORE
Source: The Daily Tribune
URL: http://www.tribuneonline.org/index.php/commentary/editorial/item/1802-doleouts-just-won%E2%80%99t-work