Source: Survey Results on Most Urgent Concerns Contradict Demand for Cha-cha via P.I.
Results of Pulse Asia’s December 2023 survey on Filipino’s most urgent national concerns belie what proponents of the people’s initiative would claim as a groundswell of grassroot support for charter change.
Published yesterday, survey results showed the majority of Filipinos were unhappy with the way the Marcos government is addressing the problems of inflation, and nothing indicates charter change to be one of their most urgent national concerns.
At the top of Filipinos' most urgent concern is controlling inflation (72%), increasing the pay of workers (40%), creating more jobs (28%), reducing the poverty of many Filipinos (25%), and fighting graft and corruption (19%).
“Hindi P100 kada pirma kundi mahigit P100 na wage increase at trabaho ang nais ng mga Pilipino,” emphasized Partido Manggagawa (PM) Chair Renato Magtubo.
The statement came in reaction to the organized paid signature drive for chacha monitored by its chapters in many areas around the country in recent days.
He added Filipinos bid farewell to 2023 hopeful that things would get better by 2024 and beyond.
Magtubo pointed out that as Filipinos bid farewell to 2023, they were hopeful for positive changes in 2024 and beyond. He stated, "Nowhere did we hear a clamor for charter change from the grassroots to address the issues highlighted in the survey. What we are certain about is that the initiative is an organized campaign orchestrated from the higher echelons of power."
The group insists that sorely lacking are effective government initiatives to combat inflation, provide substantial wage increases for workers, and address chronic unemployment problems.
PRESS RELEASE
09 January 2024
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