Robredo on Sunday, who insisted that while bad gross domestic product numbers were unavoidable, it should not have been this bad especially as the -16.5 percent contraction is the worst in the Southeast Asian region.
“Iyong negative 16.5% grabe iyan. Parang kung hindi ako nagkakamali […] parang ang epekto noong pagkawala ng public transport, parang nasa 52%? Napakalaki noon. Ito iyong parati nating sinasabi na sana noong nag-GCQ tayo, puwede na sana iyong public transport doon. Ayusin na lang. Siguraduhin na mayroong social distancing,” Robredo said in her radio program.
“Ayusin na iyong pinaka-maliliit na drivers nakakapagbiyahe na lalo na iyong mga jeepney drivers. Sana ayusin kung papaano makaka-observe ng social distancing using jeepneys kasi marami talagang apektado. Nakakalungkot kasi iyong sa mga ASEAN countries, tayo iyong pinakamalala,” she added. Last Thursday, the government admitted that the country’s economy shrank by 16.5 percent just in the second quarter of 2020, which meant that the country has already fallen into recession.Robredo, a long advocate of letting public transport operate again in areas under the general community quarantine , earlier asked the government not to use the pandemic as an excuse to phase out traditional jeepneys.
After Metro Manila transitioned from a modified enhanced community quarantine to a GCQ last June, new and old jeepneys, along with UV Express vehicles were initially barred from resuming operation. This however left many commuters stranded, disregarding physical distancing regulations just to get a ride to and from their workplaces.
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