WALANG plano ang administrasyong Marcos Jr. na itigil ang Pantawid Pamilyang Pilipino Program (4Ps). Gayunpaman, target ng pamahalaan iwaksi ang nakasanayang pamamahagi ng pera bilang ayuda.
Sa isang press briefing sa Palasyo, inamin ni Undersecretary Roger Navarro ng Department of Agriculture (DA) na may nagmungkahi kay Pangulong Ferdinand Marcos Jr. na bigas na lamang ang ibigay sa mga benepisyaryo ng 4Ps sa paniwalang magagawang pababainn ang inflation rate sa naturang produktong agrikultura.
”Actually, it was suggested in the meeting that we have the 4Ps, for example, for DSWD. We told the President that if we can convert the 4Ps instead of money, it should be on rice form, supplied by NFA. So we will take them out in the price pressures of the market in terms of buying high-price rice. These are 20% all over the country which are the vulnerable poor under the DSWD that is beneficiary for 4Ps,” wika ni Navarro.
”And we’re giving them money, and unfortunately because that is not rice, they’re going to buy rice in the market price; and that put pressure and inflationary in the market because they’re going to compete with the people who have money and then with only 4Ps,” dagdag pa ng opisyal.
Sang-ayon naman aniya ang Pangulo pero kailangan pa rin umanong pag-aralan ang aspeto ng implementasyon.
Nasa ilalim ng pangangasiwa ng Department of Social Welfare and Development ang 4Ps na sadyang nilikha para tulungan ang mga pamilyang pasok sa kategorya ng ‘pinaka pobre.’
