MULING umapela si AnaKalusugan Rep. Mike Defensor sa gobyerno na maagang ibigay ang midyear bonus ng 1.6 milyong empleyado ng gobyerno.
Ayon kay Defensor sinabi ng Department of Budget and Management na mayroon ng pondo para sa bonus ng mga kawani ng gobyerno.
“If the government is appealing to private employers to pay the 13th-month salary of their employees in advance to tide them over the enhanced community quarantine, the public sector should do the same,” ani Defensor.
Ayon sa National Budget Circular No. 579 na ipinalabas ng DBM sa Mayo 15ilalabas ang midyear bonus.
“If President Duterte authorizes its payment next weekend on or April 15, we are advancing it only by one month. The government loses nothing, but our employees in the bureaucracy will have more money during this public health emergency.”