Despite the pandemic, transport groups continued to protest the government’s plan to phaseout traditional jeepneys under the Public Utility Vehicle Modernization Program , noting that the transport sector can be made “more sustainable without sacrificing the welfare of workers.”
“Transportation workers were among the most hard-hit by the economic impacts of the pandemic, and now they face the threat of permanently losing their livelihoods without even being given a chance to recover,” he added. The deadline marks the end of the supposed three-year transition period of the program which was initiated in June 2017 to replace old and dilapidated PUVs with modern vehicles powered by clean electric engines and supported with safety features, as well as an automated fare collection system.
“What we cannot understand is the maltreatment unfairly being experienced by jeepney workers while the government keeps silent on the sustainability of private vehicle machinery and continued pollution by fossil fuel power plants in the country,” PPC President Teresa Dela Cruz said.
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