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00:00 Congratulations on the protest caravan against the PUB modernization. Tomorrow, some transport groups will be joined by Manivela Chairman Mar Balbuena.
00:08 Mar good morning.
00:10 Good morning Ian. Good morning to all.
00:14 What will happen in the protest caravan tomorrow? Is this a stopgap?
00:19 We will march there. We will gather in UP first and then we will march to Welcome Rotonda. After Welcome Rotonda, we will go to Mindola.
00:39 Okay. So what places or routes will be affected Mar?
00:44 For now, all Manivela members and Pistons will be joining in the march. I have many routes.
01:07 Will you have more people joining you to protest?
01:12 During our last protest, December 29, holiday, the 7,000 drivers and operators who were with us were the multi-sector that joined us.
01:31 But now, it might triple because many people from Central Luzon and Calabarzon are joining us in the protest.
01:43 But the authorities are saying that whatever compromise or action, you are the group that doesn't want to join the consolidation or cooperative Mar. Is that right?
01:56 You're right. That's what we're trying to do. We can modernize without consolidating.
02:06 There's no problem with cooperatives, but the consolidation, because many of our group were forced to consolidate and were forced to get new units that cannot be paid.
02:22 Now, our members are not alive. That's why we don't want this to happen again.
02:30 Your call about the franchise, the validity, is it now that your franchise is no longer valid after the deadline?
02:41 Yes. It's no longer valid. It has been revoked. This is one of our calls. That's why we will protest tomorrow.
02:50 The revoking of our franchise is not justified. We have repeatedly said that this is against the law.
03:00 What provision will our franchise provide that we will be revoked if we will not consolidate?
03:07 Yes. The deadline for our jeeps to travel is almost over. What are your plans Mar?
03:16 We are hoping that there will be a hearing in Congress to recommend to our President that our franchise should be expended and not consolidated.
03:30 We are waiting for the Supreme Court's decision to have relief.
03:39 We will continue our protest while we are listening to the schemes that we are laying out to the government,
03:49 so that our groups, like us, are willing to modernize.
03:54 Actually, we have modernized something that doesn't need to be consolidated and we have a very high debt.
04:02 We have modernized it, but we haven't received any subsidy from the government.
04:08 We have done it. The big thing here is that we have modernized it so we don't need to consolidate the high fare.
04:17 This is a win-win solution.
04:20 Okay. Explain to the passengers that this might affect tomorrow Mar.
04:25 We are asking for a re-modernization. We are saying that this is just a re-modernization. Nothing happened. They are already used to it.
04:38 We are asking for a re-modernization because if you are in a situation where you will lose your livelihood, this might not be the only thing you can do.
04:50 Thank you very much Mar Balbuena of Manibela. Be careful.
04:55 Thank you very much.
04:57 (In Tagalog)
05:11 (Music)