HK OFWs to join "Zero Remittance Day" 9/19: “we do not labour overseas & endure separation fr our loved ones just so govt officials can plunder public funds or so (Pres) Aquino can uphold the corrupt pork barrel system"...OFWs are angered by the continuing corruption, slow prosecution of culprits & (Pres) Aquino’s special treatment of Lim-Napoles Tue, Sep 10, 2013 at 8:16 PM From: "maria embry" To: [email protected], [email protected], [email protected], [email protected], [email protected], lacierda@gmail, sonnycoloma@gmail, sonny_coloma@yahoo, ian.f.soqueno@gmail, evdemesa@gmail, katmanahan@gmail, [email protected], vpbinay@gmail, lmdelima.doj@gmail, [email protected], [email protected],, [email protected], [email protected], poeainfocenter@yahoo, [email protected], [email protected], dole_lco@yahoo, [email protected], admin.owwa@gmail, [email protected], rep.waldenbello@yahoo, waldenbello@hotmail, [email protected], "Cong Roy Seneres" ...more remate.ph/2013/09/hk-ofws-to-join-zero-remittance-call-against-pork-barrel-system/#.Uiwsu6Tn90s HK OFWs to join Zero Remittance call against pork barrel system by Sep 8, 2013 2:21pm HKT “WE do not labour overseas and endure separation from our loved ones just so government officials can plunder public funds or so Aquino can uphold the corrupt pork barrel system.” This was declared today by Eman Villanueva, secretary general of the United Filipinos in Hong Kong-Migrante (UNIFIL-MIGRANTE-HK) as the group expressed support for the call for Filipinos around the world for a ‘Zero Remittance Day’ against corruption and the pork barrel system on September 19, 2013. “Our money is not meant to feed the greed of the corrupt and the plunderers. The billions of dollars of remittance that we send and the billions of pesos more generated from the long list of fees that the government charges to OFWs that help keep the economy afloat are not meant to keep a thriving corrupt system of governance,” said Villanueva. The biggest progressive OFW alliance in Hong Kong also hits the Aquino government’s belittling of the zero remittance call saying that the Aquino government’s aggressive export of Filipinos abroad shows that it puts premium on OFW’s contribution to prevent the total slide of the Philippine economy. “OFW money may go directly to our family but remittance records are also used by this government to bloat up its earnings that in turn improves its credit standing. We supply the dollars that prevent the peso from total collapse. Aquino and his mouthpiece, Lacierda, are not fooling us with their uncaring projection for the truth is they are scared out of their wits by the zero remittance day action,” Villanueva remarked. According to Villanueva, OFWs are angered by the continuing corruption, slow prosecution of culprits, and Aquino’s special treatment of Lim-Napoles. He remarked that thousands of Filipino migrants are deprived of basic support and services to protect their well-being and human rights, lives of OFWs are endangered due to lack of funds for repatriation, and families of OFWs struggle to make ends meet with skyrocketing of goods, utilities and services, “while billions of pesos are in the coffers of government officials with Aquino leading the pack for the advancement of their own agenda.” “Aquino’s unwillingness to totally abolish the pork barrel system comes from the fact that his own pork barrel is the biggest and he uses it to maintain and strengthen patronage politics to ultimately serve the comprador and landlord elites benefiting from a system that remains backward and foreign-dominated,” Villanueva added. He added that while they may not be able to join in street protests in the Philippines, they will express their solidarity through various forms like the Zero Remittance Day initiated by Migrante International, the global alliance of organisations of overseas Filipinos and families. On the eve of the August 26 Million People March in the Philippines, OFW groups also held a street picnic protest against pork in Hong Kong. Villanueva called for OFWs to join the ZRD and other actions in pursuit of the abolition of the pork barrel system, prosecution of the corrupt government officials and the rechanneling of funds to direct services to the people including overseas Filipinos. “Let us continue our fight against the massive corruption and against government officials who capitalize on their position to plunder the economy and steal the Filipino people’s money. Together with our families in the Philippines let us express our collective indignation against this ‘pork barrel system’ that aggravates our vulnerable situation and our long separation from our families,” Villanueva concluded.
Posted on: Wed, 11 Sep 2013 03:39:17 +0000
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