‘They don’t understand’: Escudero defends Senate’s intention behind proposed PUVMP suspension

Manila Bulletin

Senate President Francis “Chiz” Escudero on Wednesday, August 7 clarified that the Senate’s intention to pursue the temporary suspension of the Public Utility Vehicle Modernization Program (PUVMP) is to give government time to thresh out and fix the issues hounding the program.   READ: https://mb.com.ph/2024/8/7/they-don-t-understand-escudero-defends-senate-s-intention-behind-proposed-puvmp-suspension  Subscribe to the Manila Bulletin Online channel! - https://www.youtube.com/TheManilaBulletin  Visit our website at http://mb.com.ph Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/manilabulletin  Twitter: https://www.twitter.com/manila_bulletin Instagram: https://instagram.com/manilabulletin Tiktok: https://www.tiktok.com/@manilabulletin  #ManilaBulletinOnline #ManilaBulletin #LatestNews

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00:00Followed and consolidated.

00:30In 2024, he admitted that only 50% of the budget was spent.

00:39Where is the complete program if within 6 years, only half of the budget was spent?

00:48According to his own report, only 71% of the local government units are submitting drafts.

00:59Not including his body, how many have been approved by the DOTR?

01:05Because the local transport plan does not end when the draft is submitted.

01:11It ends when it is approved.

01:14I am a governor. That is one of the things I did as a governor.

01:18We submitted a local transport plan.

01:21The problem is, no one from the DOTR or LTO taught us how to do that.

01:28To be honest, I do not know what the 71% of the LGUs who submitted the drafts look like.

01:36And why did no one mention that only one DOTR has been approved?

01:41How many years has it been since this program started running?

01:46They are proud that they have already borrowed more than 2 billion.

01:51To be exact, about 2.3 billion.

01:54But in total, according to my hearing, we need more than 4.2 billion

02:00if we will only give P280,000 to each affected jeepney driver and operator.

02:08And is it enough that we will give more than 10% to 24% of the total amount when they want to exchange?

02:19And until now, they have not been able to give the right and sufficient valuation

02:25to the jeepneys that will be decommissioned as a payment to the operators and owners of these jeepneys.

02:33Where is the complete program and preparation for that?

02:37What the Senate is asking for is simple.

02:40Fix it first before you completely and completely prohibit everything.

02:47Now, those who complied and followed, we are not telling them to fix it and stop it.

02:54It is already there. There is no need to fix it. It is a vested right.

02:58And we understand the meaning of a vested right.

03:01But for those who have not yet complied, if the DOTR itself has not yet complied with their promises,

03:07why would they force you to comply?

03:10Those who have not yet complied.

03:12That is how simple it is.

03:14There is no need for Secretary Bautista to walk or even complain.

03:23Because in his own writing, he admits the lack of their preparedness

03:28and the completion of their plans and plans so that it can be fulfilled as soon as possible.

03:34These DOTR people are doing their job, right?

03:39Six years and yet they have not done anything in the program.

03:42Well, that is from you. That is the point, right?

03:44Six years and yet only half of the budget is spent.

03:48Six years and yet only 5% of what they should have been given is given.

03:54Six years and yet the local manufacturer of these jeepneys is still a minority.

03:59There are still more.

04:00This jeepney manufacturer is so far away.

04:03Again, there is nothing wrong with being preno.

04:08If I were to use the words of jeepney drivers,

04:11being preno a little, being minor a little, right?

04:15Look back at the shortcomings that should and can be fulfilled before it is completely over.

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