“Hindi ito ang panahon ng pagdadamot at maling pagtitipid. Panahon ito ng paglalaan ng pondo at serbisyo para sa mga kababayan nating lubhang nangangailangan. Pondo at serbisyong sapat, nararapat at kagyat.”
Rolly and Ulysses battered the Philippines in a span of a fortnight leveling the province of Catanduanes in Bicol and flooding much of Metro Manila, respectively. As per the National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council, Ulysses caused an estimated P4,368,288,066 worth of damage to agriculture and P8,735,461,576.28 to infrastructure.De Lima said that the typhoons’ effects were too much that the Senate had to unanimously move to adopt a resolution that urged the DSWD to expedite the release of available funds to aid victims in the calamity-stricken areas and workers that have been affected by the COVID-19 pandemic.
“Walang sinisino ang mga kalamimad at ang pandemyang ito. Ngunit ang pinaka-apektado at lupaypay ay ang mga mahihirap at bulnerable nating mga kababayan. Patuloy bang pagkakaitan ng gobyernong ito ang mga nangangailangan ng pag-asa at oportunidad sa pagbangon?” wrote de Lima.The senator also slammed President Rodrigo Duterte’s allies, who travel to Davao weekly to brief the chief executive on what’s happening in the country—a nation he’s supposed to be leading.
“Give our people a fighting chance, don’t leave them for dead while Duterte’s minions enjoy chartered flights to and from Davao—if only to brief the once-a-week President of the goings-on in the country he is supposed to be leading,” said de Lima.
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