STATEMENT BY THE HONORABLE NEIL J. ABAYON
AANGAT TAYO Party-list
Assistant Minority Leader
As reward for soldiers’ valiant efforts in Marawi
AANGAT TAYO SOLON:
EXPEDITE PROPOSED PAY HIKE FOR SOLDIERS & COPS
House Assistant Minority Leader and Member of the Committees on Appropriations, National Defense & Security, and Public Order & Safety Representative Neil Abayon wants the pay hike for cops and soldiers implemented ASAP.
https://goo.gl/yZGf5c I laud the Duterte administration for the compensation adjustment for cops and soldiers. Currently, for example, a Police Officer 1 receives a basic monthly salary of P14,834. Call center agents receive better pay than that.
If the pay adjustment gets implemented, every PO1 shall be receiving a basic monthly salary of P29,668 (a 100% increase). Such move shall boost the morale of our law enforcers.
Relatedly, I filed House Bill 6187 (“Stakeholder Support to Military and Other Armed Services Personnel Actâ€) last August. HB 6187 seeks to give active duty soldiers and veteran soldiers benefits similar to most of the benefits now available to senior citizens.
While I acknowledge that the killing of terrorist leaders Isnilon Hapilon of the Abu Sayyaf and Maute group figurehead Omar Maute by our brave soldiers is a victory in our war against terror, I maintain that it is prudent not to let our guard down.
I therefore support the continued implementation of Martial Law in Mindanao to prevent the remnants of the Maute group from escaping to provinces outside of Lanao and possibly regroup and infect other parts of Mindanao.
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