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Militants call for trade secretary’s ouster
But call on jobless not to apply for 3,000 police jobs in PNP

Leaders of the militant fisherfolk alliance Pambansang Lakas ng Kilusang Mamamalakaya ng Pilipinas (Pamalakaya) on Friday asked Trade Secretary Peter Favila to relinquish his post to someone who knows the hearts and minds of jobless people.

“ Secretary Favila should step down. He is the absolute enemy of the Filipino working class and millions of their jobless peers across the country,” Pamalakaya national chair Fernando Hicap said in a press statement.

Secretary Favila came under fire yesterday from two party list representatives for calling jobless people choosy. Party list representatives Joel Villanueva of Citizens Battle Against Corruption (Cibac) and Teddy Casiño of Bayan Muna took turns in berating the trade secretary.

“Secretary Favila should leave before millions of jobless Filipinos come to his office to ask for available jobs if there’s any. But for now, this guy will be remembered as another hate symbol for the Filipino workers’ point of view and collective interest,” Hicap added.

The controversial trade secretary said the unemployment problem was more of a lack of desire to work rather than the absence of jobs. Favila said the country has plenty of jobs, but the problem is some Filipinos are choosy.

“ From what planet did he come from? Secretary Favila is talking of something that does not exist. What kind of political animal is Secretary Favila? Probably a low-life political animal given break by the immoral and corrupt administration of President Arroyo,” Hicap added.

The Labor Education and Research Network said a total of 10.6 million out of 36 million total work force in the country can be considered jobless or in need of additional jobs to survive the high cost of living in the country.

But Pamalakaya information officer Gerry Albert Corpuz discouraged jobless Filipinos from going to Camp Crame and apply as cops, saying there are better ways to survive rather than to be recruited as cops under the bankrupt and immoral administration of President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo and PNP Director General Arturo Lomibao.

“ We appeal to the decent-thinking jobless people of this country to reconsider any plans of joining the PNP workforce at this point in time, given the political bankruptcy and massive crimes of corruption hurled against the Office of the President and the PNP establishment,” Corpuz said.

Corpuz said the people need work but not inside Camp Crame, but productive jobs that would be of great help to the Filipino people, jobs that would create more jobs and would elevate the standard of living of other people. “ The people need jobs, not jobs pertaining to the national security concern of the ruling syndicate in Malacañang,” he added.

The PNP yesterday announced that it would be recruiting 3,000 cops this year following assurances from Malacañang that there was enough money to hire more people. The national police is offering at least P 12,000 monthly salary for fresh graduates.

“ This is a desperate attempt of the Macapagal-Arroyo government to beef up its “ Salvation Army inside the PNP. The government is exploiting the poverty of the people for Mrs. Arroyo’s own game of political survival,” Corpuz said. #

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