Vice President Sara Duterte called the week-long transport strike set for March 6 “communist-inspired,” “pointless,” and a “painful interference” in the Department of Education’s efforts to fix the problems in the system. | zacariansINQ
According to Duterte, ACT’s support for the strike shows its true colors, saying the group “does not really serve the interest of students and teachers” as it should know that a week-long transport strike is “a learning disruption.”
“I maintain that during this communist-inspired weeklong strike, both in-person and alternative delivery modes of learning shall be implemented, whichever is convenient to the learners,” she said. The said deadline, however, was since moved to Dec. 31, but transport groups continue to argue that an extension would still mean a loss of livelihood for operators and drivers of traditional jeepneys nationwide.House Deputy Minority leader and ACT Teachers party-list Rep. France Castro on the same day then denounced Duterte’s “red-tagging” not just of the ACT but the public utility drivers who will join the transport strike as well as their supporters.
According to Castro, jeepney drivers and operators who will take part in the said strike already acknowledged the inconvenience or hardship the strike will cause, but also recognize that the lives and livelihoods of their families are what they are fighting for here. “Iniiwasan ni Inday Sara at ng buong administrasyong Marcos na pakinggan at pag-usapan kung paano ba tutugon sa hinaing ng mga tsuper at komyuter. Ginawa niyang panangga ang red-tagging at iyung biglaang concern para sa edukasyon natin. Mabuti pa turuan ang mga kabataan kung anong halaga ng isang public utility na binabalewala ng gobyerno,” PISTON national president Mody Floranda said.
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