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Ni Romeo Allan Butuyan II
KINATIGAN ng nasa pitong kasapi ng House of Representatives, partikular mula sa grupong binansagang “Young Guns,” ang direkriba ni President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. na nagbabawal sa mga government officials na gumamit ng wangwang at blinkers sa kanilang sasakyan.
“This administrative order (Administrative Order No. 18) is very laudable, especially since we all know, and we have all not been oblivious to the fact that some of our government officials have indeed been abusing the use of these sirens and blinkers,” ang sabi ni House Deputy Majority Leader at PBA Partylist Rep. Migs Nograles.
Sa panig naman House Assistant Majority Leader at Ako Bicol Partylist Rep. Jil Bongalon, naniniwala siya na mismong si Pangulong Marcos ay hindi sang-ayon sa ilang abusadong taga-gobyerno na hindi dedma sa umiiral na regulasyon at patakaran sa paggamit ng siren at blinker.
“The AO 18 simply means no less than the President is leading by example to all government officials and employees. President Marcos is sensitive enough to what our people on the ground feel whenever officials use these blinkers,” ayon pa sa Ako Bicol party-list lawnaker.
Sinang-ayunan naman ni Taguig City 2nd Dist. Rep. Pammy Zamora ang pahayag nina Nograles at Bongalon kung saan iginiit niyang dapat laging isa-isip ng lahat na ang linyang “no one is above the law.”
“Nobody is exempt from adhering to the laws of the land. As we have always declared: The law applies to all. We should take it from there. No exceptions,” mariing pahayag pa ni Zamora.
Ayon naman kay Lanao del Sur Rep. Zia Alonto Adiong, tama lamang ang naturamg kautusan ni Pangulong Marcos at dapat sundin ng mga opisyal ng pamahalaan dahil kailangan magsilbi silang role models sa mata ng taumbayan.
Sinabi naman ni La Union Rep. Paolo Ortega ay nagsabing nasa tamang direksyon ang pamahalaan bunsod ng atas na ito ng Punong Ehekutibo dahil hindi naman talaga katanggap-tanggap na may ilang government officials ang walang pakundangan gumagamit ng wang-wang at blinkers.
“I think it’s very annoying to see these officials use these sirens and blinkers with impunity, as if they are entitled and can always get away with it,” mariing sabi pa ni Ortega.
“There simply cannot be chaos or disruptions in our thoroughfares only because some public officials feel that they have all the right to squeeze in through traffic. This is just unacceptable,” ang bulalas naman ni Zambales Rep. Jay Khonghun bilang reaksyon niya sa naturang direktiba ni Presidente Marcos.
Ipinaalala naman ni Davao Oriental Rep. Cheeno Miguel Almario na dapat tiyaki nila na mga kongresista na sumusunod sila sa mga batas na binalangkas at inaprubahan mismo ng institusyon na kanilang kinabibilangan.
“It doesn’t make sense to break laws as a lawmaker. If I have to go through the heavy traffic of EDSA, I leave earlier than expected to get to where I need to be on time. If time doesn’t permit, then at least we are aware of what needs to be fixed in our traffic schemes. We as lawmakers have to also immerse ourselves in what everyone is experiencing to know what policies are bent, broken, and doing well. We are citizens first after all. With this, I applaud PBBM for his initiative on AO. 18,” litanya pa ni Almario.
