Several transport teams determined to not take part within the week-long transport vacation being organized by their colleagues.
While acknowledging different transport teams’ opposition to the federal government’s public utility automobile (PUV) modernization program, Federation of Jeepney Operators and Drivers Association of the Philippines (FEJODAP) President Ricardo Rebaño defined that they’d proceed servicing commuters subsequent week.
“Maraming sa ating kababayan ang magsa-suffer dito samantalang pwede naman nating upuan. Mag-usap po tayo nang maayos kung ano ang problema at pwede naman nating solusyunan,” he mentioned in a Super Radyo dzBB interview.
(Many of our countrymen will endure once we can sit down and speak about the issue so we will resolve it.)
He mentioned that almost all of the members of FEJODAP, together with these exterior of the National Capital Region (NCR), advised him that they’d not be part of the transport strike.
Meanwhile, Liga ng Transportasyon at Operators sa Pilipinas (LTOP) President Lando Marquez mentioned that some transport teams who earlier dedicated to the strike have backed out.
“Nagdeklara na kami noong Huwebes pa, na ‘yung Pasang Masda, FEJODAP, ALTODAP, BCDO ACTO, Pasang Masda, ang [Stop and Go Transport Coalition], at saka lahat ng buong region na ating kasama sa transportasyon ay wala ng sasama,” he said.
(We already declared on Thursday that Pasang Masda, FEJODAP, ALTODAP, BCDO ACTO, Pasang Masda, the Stop and Go Transport Coalition, and all the regions included in the transportation groups will no longer join the strike.)
Marquez, along with Pasang Masda President Obet Martin, slammed the week-long transport strike planned by some of their colleagues.
The strike in the NCR and Central Luzon from March 6 to 12, was announced by several transport groups to protest the PUV modernization program which aims to replace traditional jeepneys with vehicles powered by more environment-friendly fuels.
The Land Transportation Franchising and Regulatory Board (LTFRB) set the extension of the deadline for jeepney operators to join or form cooperatives to December 31, 2023.
Transportation Secretary Jaime Bautista, meanwhile, said the government’s preparations for the transport strike embody the deployment of belongings to assist commuters, in addition to a attainable one-hour extension of prepare companies and a attainable suspension of the quantity coding scheme. — DVM, GMA Integrated News
Source: www.gmanetwork.com
