Enrile: 'Our biggest export is OFWs. That's why I'm against RH bill'

[Monseratto]

It doesn't bother him since it's not him or his children who are sacrificing their life to work abroad to put food on the table. He also doesn't bother him that as a lawmaker, made it difficult for investors to set up business so people can find work here instead abroad and away from their families.

MANILA, Philippines – There’s no convincing Senate President Juan Ponce Enrile.

Enrile says whether his amendments to the Reproductive Health (RH) bill are accepted or not, he will vote against the controversial measure.

The Senate President has yet to introduce 11 out of his 17 “substantial amendments” to the bill. Yet the staunch RH critic said it does not matter whether the bill is revised.

“I’m not a hypocrite. I speak out according to my best assessment for what is good for the country. My vote is against the RH bill even if my proposals are accepted, not because of religion, morality but because of my long-term assessment of what this bill will do to the country,” Enrile said at the Kapihan sa Senado press forum on Thursday, November 29.

Asked why he introduces amendments in the first place, Enrile said he wanted to show that he is not delaying the passage of the bill but refining the measure.

“My purpose in proposing some of my amendments is to show the people that this bill is not really all for the health of the women. It is [for] population and control management. I feel that. Hindi ba, every time I touch on population, tumatalon si Sen Pia Cayetano, pumipiyok, she screams sometimes.” (Isn’t it that every time I touch on population, Sen Pia Cayetan’s voice breaks?)

Enrile was referring to heated debates with the bill’s sponsor, Sen Pia Cayetano.

When he spoke about the economy in the earlier part of the press briefing, Enrile said, “Ang pinakamalaking export natin is OFW (overseas Filipino workers). Export iyan eh, kaya ako kontra ako sa RH dahil diyan. Ang magpapalago ng bansa natin ay iyong excess population natin na sinanay natin na tumatanggap ng mga trabaho abroad that others don’t want to handle. We have to accept that. Korea started that way.”

(Our biggest export is OFWs. That is export. That’s why I’m against RH. What will improve our economy is the excess population that is used to accepting jobs that others don’t want to handle.)

[marg]

DH to the World.

[chua_riwap]

So para nyang sinabi na nabubuhay na lang phl sa OFWs......

[ronki]

Ginawang negosyo ang OFWs, sige magpakarami ang mga naghihirap sa Pilipinas, para majority magtatrabaho para sa ibang lahi.

[CoDer]

G*go talaga tong huklobang to. OFW daw ang mag papalago ng bansa natin, nak ng tetek magaling na abogago pero nag bobohan. Kaya pala never maging over populated ang pinas dahil papa dala nya sa ibang bansa.

Maluwag ang turnilyo mo Enrille.

[Syuryuken]

hehehe panalo!

[niky]

What a laugh.

So he expects us to believe that with double digit unemployment and underemployment, what we need are even more unskilled laborers who will have no chance in hell of going overseas as OFWs?

[confused shoes]

So para nyang sinabi na nabubuhay na lang phl sa OFWs......

Hindi naman siguro but just imagine kahit 1/3 lang sa registered na OFW ang uuwi sa Pinas.

[Retz]

Parang ang labo ata puntos ni Enrile? Dahil OFW ang nagpapalgo ng ekonomiya ng ating bansa that's why against RH bill siya? Hindi ba sinyales din na madaming OFW dahil mahirap ang ating bansa kaya sila nag tr-trabaho sa ibang bansa.

[uls]

Enrile: kailangan dumami pa ang pinoy. kulang ang 100 million. kulang na kulang. imagine kung 1 billion... gaano kadami pera papasok sa Pinas

[Retz]

matanda na talaga si manong johnny.

[Manilablock]

kawawa naman tayo, ipinanganak na meron utang, ung mga magiging anak natin naka line-up na para i-export habang ang mga pulitiko natin nag-iisip kung paano sila mananalo sa next election

[chua_riwap]

Di ako happy kay enrile........:sad:

[Retz]

What was Enrile thinking?

[Helios]

... or forgetting. matanda na si ol johny.

politicos like him just want to ensure the majority of electorates should come from the low-income bracket for the sake of the oligarchs. it's old-style politics, but not archaic and the trapos know its effectivity.

"It drives consumption in malls. Even on the property side…"
again for the privelege of the few elite. i thought the remmitances are to benefit the philippine's industriliasation and agragian reform. if trapos like him prey on the middle class to fund government programs through heavy taxation guaranteeing no loss nor competition for the oligarchs, how much more can they easily exploit the have-nots.

i don't trust either side. i'm not sure if their problem is ineptness or downright greed, but they're (excluding sotto at al) supposedly the country's best and the brightest. i shudder just thinking about it

[Retz]

Kung ako kay manong Johhny, retire na lang siya and enjoy life to the fullest.

[CoDer]

Kung ako kay manong Johhny, retire na lang siya and enjoy life to the fullest.

Sana mag retire na lang sya ng tuloyan sa mundo.

Akala siguro ni tanda di natin alam na remitances keeps this country afloat, but as far as the economy is concern? Looks good on paper. If the appreciation of peso continues to a point where the competitiveness of Philippines erode then tanda can bid his goodbye to BPO.

[uls]

"It drives consumption in malls. Even on the property side…"

again for the privelege of the few elite

yep. OFW remittances mostly go to the oligarchs

they own the malls,real estate companies, big supermarkets, restaurant/store chains, car dealerships, telecom companies... wherever OFW dependents spend money the oligarchs are there. they even own the banks where OFWs remit money thru

[HondaWay]

Gaanong karami pa kayang pilipino ang naniniwala na ang mga yaman ng mga politiko ay nanggaling sa kanilang pagnenegosyo?

Sa galing nilang magpalago ng pera sa negsyo baka marami tayong Warren Buffet na nasa politika.

Doon naman sa politikong yumanan sa pagnanakaw, paano kaya nila naaatim na ang kinakain ng asawa at mga anak nila ay galing sa kasamaan? Sa paglaki tuloy ng mga anak nila nasabuto, maitim ang buto, na rin nila ang kasamaan.

[chua_riwap]

Well I stopped reading it at "President BS Aquino"

Ha hah! Pres BS........:hysterical: