Why Quezon City seems to be is having a problem coping
with novel coronavirus 2019 or COVID-19?
Being the second richest urban center next only to
Makati City, with P81 billion in assets yet its mayor, Joy Belmonte, has
refused calls to realign its budget to face squarely the threat of COVID-19 which is an
emerging humanitarian crisis.
ABS-CBN broadcaster and former lawmaker Ted Failon is
so outraged that Belmonte wont re-align his budget and would rather wait for
the subsidies coming from the national government whose top priorities are the
less progressive cities.
Health kits of Quezon city and Mayor Joy Belmonte |
“Magpakatotoo tayo. ‘Yung mga nagyayabang na sila
ang pinakamayan na city ‘pag walang kalamida.’Pag may kalamidad, kailangan
namin ang tulong, nasaan na ang gobyerno. ‘Pag may kalamidad, iba na ang
usapan,” Said Failon on his radio on DZMM.
Failon is so dumbfounded as to why Belmonte wont
make the necessary realignment of Quezon city’s budget when she herself when
she was then the Vice Mayor presided over the realignment of P1.673 billion in
QC’s budget for a less pressing concern like makeover of the offices of the politicians in the
City Hall and the beautification project of QC’s sidewalks.
Failon explains that the mayor’s office received
P504 million and the engineering department P571 million while allocating P264
million for fixtures (tables and chairs) and P331 million for furniture.
“Ito ang bilis n’yo magpasa ng suppemental budget
tapos ito pangangailangan ng inyong constituents, kesyo ganito, kesyo ganyan,”
said Failon.
Failon further stressed that the mayor should have
been very steadfast in putting a halt in any beautification projects like
painting sidewalks and putting up “Welcome to QC” signs and instead favor food subsidies for the residents
of her city so they will be forced to stay home and not look for work.
Failon said even QC’s barangays were among the
richest in the country with their internal revenue allotments much bigger than
a third-class municipality, such as Barangay Pasong Tamo (P144 million),
Barangay Commonwealth (P133 million), Barangay Batasan (P109 million), and
Barangay Holy Spirit (P74 million). “Irealign n’yo kesa magpatayo pa kayo ng
paso!” said Failon.
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