22 senators want PUVMP suspended

Twenty-two senators have signed a resolution calling for the suspension of the Public Utility Vehicle Modernization Program (PUVMP).

- MARC JAYSON CAYABYAB

In Senate Resolution 1096, the senators “express(ed) the sense of the Senate to … suspend the implementation of the Public Transport Modernization Program, formerly known as the PUV modernization program, pending the resolution of valid and urgent concerns raised by affected drivers, groups, unions and transport cooperatives with the end in view of ensuring a more efficient and inclusive implementation of the PTMP.”

The 22 senators who signed the resolution are Senate President Francis Escudero, Majority Leader Francis Tolentino, Minority Leader Koko Pimentel, Pro Tempore Jinggoy Estrada, Raffy Tulfo, Nancy Binay, Alan Peter Cayetano, Pia Cayetano, Ronald dela Rosa, JV Ejercito, Sherwin Gatchalian, Bong Go, Lito Lapid, Loren Legarda, Imee Marcos, Robinhood Padilla, Grace Poe, Bong Revilla, Joel Villanueva, Cynthia Villar, Mark Villar and Juan Miguel Zubiri.

Only Sen. Risa Hontiveros did not sign the resolution, which has enough votes to be approved in the plenary.

Hontiveros has yet to issue a statement explaining her decision.