Palace’s vow of ‘faster’ Yolanda rehab’ hit
It took a United Nations (UN) representative to make the Malacañang realize what concerned citizens have been telling it all along: that government response to the Yolanda crisis has been lacking.
No less than Chaloka Beyani himself, UN’s special rapporteur on human rights of internally displaced persons (IDPs), has confirmed in his recent statement the “inadequate attention” the Aquino administration has given to survivors of the super typhoon that wrought havoc on Eastern Visayas in 2013.
Even as it feels vindicated by the UN report, the Philippine Movement for Climate Justice (PMCJ) meanwhile decries the Palace’s reaction, with Communications Secretary Herminio Coloma vowing in one interview that the government will provide “swifter and more aid to the Yolanda victims” almost two years after the disaster.
‘Too late’
While welcoming the inputs of the UN official on the “dismal state” of rehabilitation works, Fr. Edu Gariguez, executive secretary of Caritas Philippines, lamented that the government had to wait for Beyani’s report before it finally decided to beef up efforts in Yolanda-hit areas.
“This is another promise that we fear will not be kept and it is a promise made already quite too late,” he said. - CBCP News
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