It was already expected from the time the President was
elected.
And the Department of Health (DOH) reported 463 firecracker-related
injuries as Filipinos welcomed 2018, a 27 percent decrease from the previous
year.
And this decreasing trend has been attributed to none other than
the President Rodrigo Roa Duterte’s stand on the non-use of firecrackers.
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| "Goodbye Philippines" one of those deadly firecrackers ever made in the country(photo credit to owner) |
And because of this, the President will ask the Congress to
craft a law that will outlaw firecrackers following a drop in the number of
firecracker-related injuries in the recent New Year celebration.
Presidential Spokesperson Harry Roque said the President wants Congress to begin tackling the proposal so that voices of all stakeholders in the firecracker industry would be heard.
“He (Duterte) realizes that there will be about 75,000 individuals who are working in this industry. He instructed the Department of Trade and Industry to look for alternative livelihood for the would-be displaced workers,” Roque said in a news briefing.
“He wants Congress to enact this law at the soonest time possible so that the public debate on the banning of fireworks and pyrotechnics could begin as early as possible.”
Duterte’s Executive Order (EO) was implemented limiting the use of firecrackers to designated areas.
Department of Health (DOH) Secretary Francisco Duque III has also made the call for the implementation of total ban on firecrackers.
President Duterte a longtime Davao mayor, implemented a total ban on the use of firecrackers in the city of Davao, and makes use of that experience as his template in making on a much grander/nationwide scale. *
“The President has always banned firecrackers in Davao City
as a mayor. So I don’t think it’s a result of a recommendation of any other
than it’s a result of his own prognosis that firecrackers and pyrotechnics are
inimical to human health and safety,” Roque said.
Report from ABS CBN
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