The Aquino administration is on the
verge of controversy because of the typhoon Yolanda issue. One year after the
storm surge hit Tacloban, until now the people there are still living in a pitiful condition. According to Yolanda victims, the government
didn’t make any measurement to improve their lives. What they saw is the
national government deficiencies; they don’t know how to handle an emergency
like great calamity. Fifteen thousand people are still living in bunkhouses and
evacuation centers which is not healthy for the residents due it is located at uncomfortable
areas.
The COA reported that the DSWD received
a lot of donations both from local and international communities after the super typhoon hit Tacloban. The
problem is, the agency did not used the money wisely which is estimated about
more than one billion pesos. Instead, they just parked the money on their bank
account. They only spent a small portion of that amount. Are they waiting for
another calamity before they give it to the typhoon victims? DSWD have been
criticized because of improper distributions of goods. It seems that the
Taclobanon didn’t feel their relief and rehabilitation efforts because of certain
issues. The agency just said that they are lack of man-power and equipments
that’s why they can’t do their job very well. There is also an allegation that
the bureaucracy in the government caused the delay for them to release a fund.
They need a lot of signatures from different officials before they can use the
money for the affected residents of Tacloban and its nearby town.
These scenarios shown the weakness
of the Aquino administration on how they handle a calamity like typhoon
Yolanda. But the President would not accept this, he already said that our
recovery is faster compared to Japan when they hit by tsunami in 2011. It seems
that P-Noy don’t know what he is talking about. Japan has more than more than
26 thousands death toll, but their government really took care the survivors.
We never heard any complaints or criticism with their government after the
crisis. Unlike in the Philippines, the Yolanda survivors are crying because
some of them didn’t receive any help from the government. Without the help of
NGO and the aid of foreigners, they don’t know how to survive. Some of the
Yolanda survivors are asking to President that he should resign from his post
because of his incompetency.
The Taclobanon proved that the Aquino
administration don’t have a symphaty with their condition after P-Noy refused
to go their town for the commemoration of typhoon Yolanda which already reach
its first year anniversary on Nov. 8. Instead to ask an apology, he made an excused
by saying that Tacloban is not only the town that was hit by typhoon Yolanda.
P-Noy and some of his cabinet members went to
Guiuan, Samar. P-Noy said, his action don’t have a connection in
politics. Tacloban Mayor Alfred Roumualdez is a relative of Imelda Romualdez Marcos
which is a mortal enemy of her family in politics. If we remember, DILG Mar
Roxas and Mayor Roumualdez had made some arguments about how to prepare and
handle a crisis. It seems that nobody wants to believe to the excuse of P-Noy
except of his allies. Is the President afraid to see the real condition of
Taclobanon?