By Prince Golez
Malacañang on Monday said it was not surprised by the result of a recent Social Weather Stations survey that joblessness among adult Filipinos reached a record-high of 45.5 percent in July.
The national unemployment rate “could have been worse” given the months-long lockdown in the capital region and other high-risk regions due to the coronavirus disease pandemic, according to Presidential Spokesperson Harry Roque.
“Magugulat ka ba na nawalan ng trabaho sila ay samantalang buwan-buwan nang inaabot na naka-lockdown ang ating ekonomiya,” Roque said during his virtual presser Monday.
“Ako po ay nagagalak na hindi tayo 100 percent nawalan ng trabaho kasi sa tagal po na naka-lockdown tayo, talagang I’m still surprised at our resilience at 45 percent pa lang po ang nawawalan ng trabaho,” he added.
Roque stressed the need to open up the economy and get people back to work.
“Kinakailangang buksan ang ekonomiya dahil talaga naman pong wala pa ring trabaho ang karamihan kung mananatili ang mga lockdowns,” according to him.
“Mainit po ang debate sa IATF at nandiyan po iyong UP-OCTA group na nagsasabing kinakailangan manatili pa ring sarado ang ekonomiya, well, sabihin po natin iyan doon sa mga walang trabaho dahil sarado ang ekonomiya. At kung wala po tayong ayuda, ano pa ang solusyon natin kung hindi buksan ang ekonomiya,” he concluded.
Source: Latest Politics News Today (Politics.com.ph)
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