Senators back temporary suspension of PUV Modernization Program
Senators back temporary suspension of PUV Modernization Program
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00:00Majority of upper chamber solons are in favor of temporarily suspending the implementation of the Public Utility Vehicle, or PUV, modernization program.
00:09For some of the senators, the Department of Transportation, or DOTR, needs to clarify and iron out certain kinks in the program before earning their approval.
00:19Daniel Manalastas has more.
00:23Almost all senators, including Senate President Francis Escudero, signed a resolution expressing the sense of the Senate to temporarily suspend the implementation of the Public Transport Modernization Program.
00:37Instead, the senators seek a review of the program.
00:40Only Senator Risa Hontiveros did not sign off on the resolution.
00:45Lots of concerns about the program continue to hound the senators, like the potential phase-out of the iconic jeepneys.
00:53Instead of sinking in debt, of course, our countrymen will be forced to stop traveling.
01:01If you travel, you will lose your job. Unemployment will rise again. The LGU is not ready for implementation.
01:11Rationalization of routes has not yet ended.
01:14Supplies, but what I see here is that the success of the PUV modernization will depend on the financing, on the funding, on the financing scheme.
01:26Because up to 2.5 to 2.8 billion for a modern jeepney is very expensive. An ordinary jeepney operator cannot afford that.
01:33Meanwhile, for Senator Cinja Villar, though she is not against the modernization program, she believes a feasible or viable solution for now is partial implementation of the program.
01:46Empowerment of jeepney drivers, maybe those who are ready can do it. Then partial implementation.
01:58Some transport groups expressed sadness over the senator's resolution.
02:02Personally, I am saddened. But I urge our senators to pass a resolution so that, in my personal opinion, they do not want to change the system of our transportation in the hands of jeepneys.
02:22While the DOTR earlier said,
02:24On the part of the DOTR, we are preparing our answer. Rather, a letter so that we can clarify or tell our good senators the true status, the true status of our good program, which is the public transportation modernization program.
02:46Daniel Maranastas from the National TV for a new and better Philippines.