Are We Hitting The Target? Food, Jobs And Health Security Main Issues Raised By Filipinos

In a recent study on the effects of the COVID 19 Pandemic on the lives of Filipinos, three major issues were raised – Pagkain, Trabaho at Health Security.

Para mabilis ang Economic Recovery ng bansa nagpasa ng P4.5-Trillion na budget noong 2021 at P5.024-T for 2022.

Ang tanong: Natugunan ba ng budget allocation ang mga kailangan to address the concerns of our people and the need for an immediate economic recovery?

Bakit nasa No. 8 lang ang Agriculture with a budget of less than P70-B samantalang No. 2 ang Infrastructure with a budget of almost P700-B?

Mas mabilis ba ang ating economic recovery sa pamamagitan ng pagbabakbak at pagsesemento muli ng mga puede pa naman magamit na mga highways?

Hindi ba dapat palakasin ang pagpaparami ng pagkain na nagbibigay ng food security and creates jobs in the countryside?

Sa isang giyera na limitado ang bala mo, are you going to focus your volume of fire on a flank that does not pose immediate danger rather than confront a threat that could affect your survival?

Simpleng prioritization lang naman sana ito kung tunay ang ating adhikain na tulongan na makabangon ang ating bansa sa pagkakalugmok.

Hindi ito mahirap na maunawaan, unless the allocation of a budget for infrastructure 10 times bigger than food production is motivated by a selfish agenda.

I am not making conclusions. I am merely raising a very serious concern on the judicious utilization of our limited financial resources.

#GovernanceIsCommonSense!

(Illustration on budget allocation per department downloaded from CNN Philippines website while file photo of road construction was downloaded from a public website.)