MANILA, Philippines — The Nagkaisa Labor Coalition on Saturday called on Filipinos to join the mobilization at EDSA on Sunday to “manifest strong people’s protest against corruption and to demand genuine accountability from those who plundered public funds.”
“The trillions of pesos poured into flood control projects and other infrastructure that went instead to senators, members of the House, DPWH officials, and their cohorts in business and the private sector is abominable. These repeated acts are shocking to conscience and must end—and end now,” the labor group said in a statement.
Nagkaisa also called for a balance of “wisdom and dynamism” in the government-formed Independent Commission for Infrastructure (ICI), and to include representatives from workers’ groups.
“We urge President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. to appoint a young and dynamic Executive Director with fire in his belly to head the ICI secretariat… The energy and persistence of youth must complement the experience of seniors for this body to succeed in both prosecuting the guilty and ensuring restitution to the people,” Federation of Free Workers Women’s Network president Victoria Bellosillo said.
