But on May 1, trade unions and workers’ rights advocates note two that are missing: the inclusion of stakeholders – or the workers themselves – in the creation of the committee and and the chief executive himself, who is currently on an official trip to the United States to score more investments for the Philippines and to discuss defense deals with its decades-old treaty ally.
“They [Marcoses] are now using stolen wealth to return to power,” Reyes said in Filipino. “Do not expect Marcos Jr. to change the rotten system, he will exploit this system to return to power just as his father did.”