Wang-wang SONA: Lacking and Off-tangent - Ilagan

Gabriela Women’s Party Representative Luz Ilagan today said President Noynoy Aquino’s “Wang-Wang SONA” was sorely lacking, hollow and without direction.

“President Aquino’s war against wang-wang is misdirected and off-tangent. Why not wage a war against the wang-wang of oil companies who make billions in profits out of over-pricing? Why not wage a war against the wang-wang of employers and companies who refuse to regularize employees and give just compensation?”

“How about the wang-wang of mining companies that wantonly rampage on our resources and the wang-wang of big landowners who refuse to subject their haciendas to land reform? Why not wage a war against the wang-wang of impunity and human rights violations?”

The Gabriela solon likewise expressed her disappointment as the President failed to mention how it would address the plight of Filipino migrant workers.

“There is no government action plan to protect, assist and repatriate some 20,000 stranded OFWs and 122 OFWs in jail.”###