Mga jeep na hindi nakahabol sa consolidation deadline, bibigyan ng 30 araw na due process | Saksi
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Transcript
00:00 Only 70% of the PUVs in the country have been consolidated by the franchise.
00:07 And some jeepney drivers and operators did not really catch up with the deadline yesterday.
00:12 Witness, Salima Refran.
00:14 Along with the end of the year 2023,
00:21 it seems that the jeepney driver and operator, Rogelio Maraan, is also done.
00:26 "What I will do with the jeepney is I will just load it and then I will go home to the province."
00:31 He did not catch up with the deadline yesterday of the consolidation of the franchises
00:36 for the PUV Modernization Program.
00:38 "We are old. I am 63 now. I will still be going in.
00:43 I will still be looking for a driver whose car is worth 2.5 million."
00:47 The driver operator, Jaime Grande, is also like that.
00:50 "We don't want to because we can't afford it because they will give us a heavy unit, we will have to pay for it.
00:58 Why would we consolidate? It's our franchise."
01:03 But many also caught up with the consolidation deadline,
01:07 like Arturo Vinluan, even though he is not in favor of the program.
01:11 He doesn't know where to get the funds for the modern jeepney.
01:15 "We are like thieves, we have our eyes on the other side. How can we, as operators, be poor?
01:22 We will have to pay a lot of debt. We have to pay a lot of debt.
01:27 We have to pay a lot of debt. Where can we get the money to pay for it?"
01:33 Based on the data from the Office of Transportation Cooperatives,
01:37 70% of the country has consolidated franchises,
01:41 but in Metro Manila, it is only 40%.
01:44 And for those who are chasing, the final numbers will be known in the next few days.
01:49 "The operators who did not consolidate their franchise,
01:53 they cannot travel in their vehicles.
01:58 But we will give them a due process, about 30 days."
02:01 But the affected drivers...
02:03 "The drivers of operators who did not consolidate,
02:07 we can definitely help them travel.
02:11 We can help the drivers of operators who did not consolidate."
02:17 The POV Modernization Program continues while the Supreme Court is studying the two petitions of the transport groups.
02:25 For GMA Integrated News, I'm Nima Refran.
02:28 Your Saksi.
02:30 [Music]