The
Communist Party of the Philippines (CPP) has slammed the “railroading” of the
bill that granted President Rodrigo Roa Duterte “authoritarian powers” all in
the guise of an emergency power that is seen as an immediate response to the
threat of the novel coronavirus 2019 disease or COVID-19.
Early
Tuesday morning, Congress granted President Duterte special powers.
18
million low-income families will receive cash assistance amounting to P5,000 to
P8,000 for two months, the measure said, adding that public and private health
workers infected by the virus will get a compensation of P100,000.
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The
CPP claims that the proposed bill (now signed as a law) is “similar to those of
(then President Ferdinand) Marcos” when the latter declared martial law in
1972.
The
extra powers will give him, his military and police cohorts “a much wider
latitude for corruption, while leaving the people shortchanged of necessary
public health service,” the communist rebels said.
“Duterte is unscrupulously and
shamelessly using the rising public health emergency to further reinforce his
tyranny. Instead of strengthening the public health infrastructure, and
mobilizing health personnel, he has placed Luzon and other parts of the country
under military lockdown and gave the military and police additional powers to
impose restrictions against the people,” they added.
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