MANILA – Vice President Sara Duterte-Carpio lashed out at members of the House of Representatives for intruding on other issues instead of crafting laws that will address the gap in police-to-population ratio.
In a statement, Duterte-Carpio said lawmakers must know that the lack of police force cannot be resolved due to the annually ballooning population and lack of budgetary resources to hire more personnel.
“May mga representante sa Kamara dapat na nakakaintindi sa totoong sanhi ng kakulangan sa police to population ratio — that the shortage is a figure that cannot be solved in our lifetime,” Duterte-Carpio said.
“The country should have representatives who understand that to fully address the shortage, there is a need to leverage available technology and leapfrog into the future where policemen are armed with the best security products that do not require their physical presence all the time,” she added.
“Subalit ang Pilipinas ngayon ay may representante na imbes na magpasa ng makabagong batas ay nagpupumilit sumasawsaw sa isyu ng iba,” the Vice President further said.
Members of Congress are currently focused on conducting inquiry on the bloody “war on drugs” during the administration of former President Rodrigo Duterte, Duterte-Carpio’s father.
Duterte-Carpio also hit out the government’s lack of flood-control master plan, unreliable healthcare system, lack of security in the airports, and cowardice from other nation’s interference.
“Ang Pilipinas ay pinamumunuan dapat ng mga taong may malasakit at kakayanan para itaguyod ang malinis na pamahalaan at pag-unlad ng bayan,” Duterte-Carpio said.
“Subalit ang Pilipinas ngayon ay pinamumunuan ng mga taong walang katapatan sa trabahong sinumpaan. Kaya ang tanging nananaig sa atin ay takot para sa kinabukasan ng ating mga anak,” she added.
“Pagod na pagod na tayong makita ang bayan na napag-iiwanan, tinatrato na parang walang halaga, hindi kaaya-aya, at sunod-sunuran sa ibang lahi. We, Filipinos, deserve more than what we are hearing and seeing from the government right now. We, Filipinos, deserve better,” she further said./PN
