Aiko Melendez called out Alfred Vargas over No Assignment Policy he proposed.
NO ASSIGNMENT POLICY – The actress Aiko Melendez called out actor-turner-congressman Alfred Vargas over honest mistake in proposed bill.
In a previous article, there had been two house bills proposed and filed to the House of Representatives to which both aims to restriction of assignment to students in order to give them more time with other activities and family. Deputy Speaker Evelina Escudero files the House Bill No. 3611 and Quezon City Rep. Alfred Vargas files House Bill 3883.
DepEd chief Leonor Briones, meanwhile, expressed her support about this bill. She said, “Ang gusto natin, lahat ng pormal na pag-aaral, assignment, project, whatever, gagawin sa loob ng eskuwelahan. Pag-uwi nila, libre na sila, free time nila to be with their parents, friends.”
In Vargas’ proposed bill, it states there that those who will do the violation will be fined a hefty amount of Php 50,000.00 and an imprisonment of one to two years. But the politician later on announced through a statement that the penalty was a “legislative mistake”. And with this, actress Aiko Melendez called him out in a Facebook post acknowledging his mistake but objecting the imposed punishment.
Melendez wrote, “Nagkamali daw pala ang opisina ni Cong Vargas. My take on this oo walang perpekto sa mundo. Pero ang pagkakamali sa isang batas na nais mo ipasa para sa bayan ay hindi biro. At naawa ako na ang mga guro naten na halos kakarampot na nga ang sweldo meron pa na multa na 50k.”
See her full statement below:
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