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Workers call for Sara Duterte's impeachment, Marcos Jr.’s delivery of promises

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Zen Hernandez

ABS-CBN News

<div><img src="https://od2-workbench-api.abs-cbn.com/api/upload-raw/20241126091148/038a8211b89e8fb9daf04596cf0901abd8b88366ae5094d0e3102b98bb4301e6.jpg" class="fr-fic fr-dii" alt="People wearing masks of President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. and Vice President Sara Duterte play fight during the launch of “Tap Warrior’s ‘Punch to Vote’” on November 20, 2024. The app is a mobile game on the messaging app Telegram by Unblock Technologies allows users to “vote” on various issues. Maria Tan, ABS-CBN News/file" style="width:960px"/>People wearing masks of President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. and Vice President Sara Duterte play fight during the launch of “Tap Warrior’s ‘Punch to Vote’” on November 20, 2024. The app is a mobile game on the messaging app Telegram by Unblock Technologies allows users to “vote” on various issues. Maria Tan, ABS-CBN News/file </div>MANILA -- The chant “Marcos, singilin! Duterte, panagutin!” will encapsulate workers’ demands for this year’s commemoration of Bonifacio Day on Saturday, November 30.According to the Kilusang Mayo Uno (KMU), All Workers Unity (AWU), and Bagong Alyansang Makabayan (BAYAN), attention and action must be immediately redirected to the people’s needs instead of the drama supposedly being stirred by Vice President Sara Duterte, in the midst of a House of Representatives’ investigation on alleged misuse and abuse of public funds.<div><a href="https://www.abs-cbn.com/news/11/30/22/bonifacio-descendant-to-pinoys-remember-katipunan-values">Bonifacio descendant reminds Filipinos of Katipunan values, urges good governance</a></div> “Diskarteng kalye ‘to no, para umiwas dun sa pananagutan. Sinasadya niya talaga ito, gumawa ng drama para ilihis yung katotohanan na nagnakaw siya sa pondo ng bayan. Hindi mo pera yan, ang kapal ng muka mo! Pera naming mga manggagawa yan. Dapat may accountability. Hindi yung magda-drama lang, ligtas na? Magsasakit-sakitan lang ligtas na?,” said Jerome Adonis, KMU secretary general and Makabayan senatorial candidate. For BAYAN, Filipinos deserve more from the national budget. “Kailangan ang budget para sa 2025 may prayoridad para sa serbisyong panlipunan. Hindi po confidential funds….Kami ay tutol sa panukala ng ilang mga senador na ibalik ang buong budget ni Sara Duterte. Sa halip na accountability, ang gusto ng mga Senador dagdagan pa ang budget ni Sara Duterte. Hindi nga niya maipaliwanag kung san ginamit ang confidential funds. Ang daming mga pekeng resibo, mga undocumented activities, dadagdagan pa ang kanyang budget? Mahiya naman sa taumbayan. Pangalawa, tayo po ay naghahanda ng impeachment complaint para kay Sara Duterte. Ito ay aral para sa lahat ng opisyal na dapat managot kung may paglabag sa konstitusyon,” BAYAN said in a statement.<div><a href="https://www.abs-cbn.com/news/nation/2024/11/26/doj-vp-sara-duterte-may-be-charged-with-libel-defamation-grave-threats-1603">DOJ: VP Sara Duterte may be charged with libel, defamation, grave threats</a></div>BAYAN, KMU, and the AWU which is composed of Kilusang Mayo Uno (KMU), COURAGE, Unyon ng Manggagawa sa Agrikultura (UMA), Piston, KILOS NA Manggagawa, Defend Jobs Philippines, Migrante International, Migrante Philippines, Kadamay, Kilusan ng Manggagawang Kababaihan (KMK), Alliance of Health Workers (AHW), Alliance of Concerned Teachers (ACT), and the BPO Industry Employees Network (BIEN), reminded the government that the more it gets embroiled in political drama, the more Filipinos are entrenched in poverty. They also demand accountability from Marcos Jr. and urged him to deliver on unfulfilled campaign promises -- specifically the P20 per kilo rice.“Ang hirap po mabuhay dito sa Pilipinas dahil meron po tayong presidente na bingi at may vice president naman po tayo na sobrang ingay pero para sa sarili niya lang. Kahit anong galing at pagtitiis po ng isang pamilyang Pilipino, kahit mag-asawa na po kayong kumakayod at ganito po kababa ang sahod dito sa Pilipinas, talaga pong pipiliing magpakamatay pumunta sa ibang bansa,” said Julie Ann Gutierrez of Kilos na Manggagawa. KMU called on all workers and citizens to join the nationwide protest actions on Bonifacio Day bringing the following calls: <ul><li>- P1,200 family living wage for all workers across the country; </li><li>- P33,000 monthly minimum salary for government employees; </li><li>- P50,000 entry-level salary for teachers and nurses; </li><li>- P25 retail price for rice; </li><li>- government intervention on successive oil price hikes, and electricity and water charges; </li><li>- abolishment of confidential and intelligence funds; </li><li>- jailing of Rodrigo Duterte for crimes against the people and humanity; </li><li>- impeachment of Sara Duterte for misuse and abuse of public funds; and the </li><li>- accountability of President Marcos Jr. for continuing policies that perpetuate poverty and repression.</li></ul>&quot;Currently ang confidential and intelligence funds ay umaabot ng more than P10 billion, imagine? P10 billion na napakahirap busisiin, napakahirap i-audit…kung sana, napupunta itong mga ninanakaw na pondong ito bilang direktang benepisyo ng mga empleyado, ng mga kawani, ay maganda sana ang pasko ng mga kawani. Kasama na diyan ang mga job order at contract of service na almost 1 million, by the way. 1 [out of] of 3 government employees ay hindi regular,&quot; said Ferdinand Gaite of the Bayan Muna Partylist.&quot;Kaya yan ang paniningil namin sa administrayon ni Marcos at gayundin kay Sara, na ngayon ay nakikita kung paanong si &#x27;Inday Lustay&#x27; ay nilulustay ang pondo ng bayan sa halip na mapunta sa ordinaryo na mamamayan,&quot; he added.

The chant “Marcos, singilin! Duterte, panagutin!” will encapsulate workers’ demands for this year’s commemoration of Bonifacio Day on Saturday, November 30.

The chant “Marcos, singilin! Duterte, panagutin!” will encapsulate workers’ demands for this year’s commemoration of Bonifacio Day on Saturday, November 30.