THE House Committee on Appropriation recently approved a resolution calling for an increase in the subsistence allowance of military officers and personnel.
Party-list Reps. Francisco Ashley L. Acedillo and Gary C. Alejano of Magdalo expressed confidence that the House of Representatives will pass the proposed increase in the subsistence allowance for all officers, enlisted men and related personnel listed in House Joint Resolution (HJR) 11 on November 17, the resumption of the session.
“The House Committee on Appropriations has already approved and recommended the plenary consideration and passage of House Joint Resolution 11,” they said in a statement.
HJR 11 is titled “Joint Resolution increasing the subsistence allowance of all officers, enlisted personnel, candidate soldiers, probationary second lieutenants, cadets and civilian active auxiliaries of the Armed Forces of the Philippines and all commissioned and non-commissioned personnel of the Philippine Coast Guard (PCG), Philippine National Police, Bureau of Fire Protection, Bureau of Jail Management and Penology and the Philippine National Police Academy cadets from P90 to P150 per day, effective July 2014.”
The lawmakers noted that the Senate has recently passed a similar, or counterpart, Senate Joint Resolution 2, which the Department of Budget and Management endorsed for enactment, with the recommendation to include the uniformed personnel of the PCG and the National Mapping and Resource Information Authority as well as for the increase in manpower of certain agencies.
“It is high time that we recognize and honor the very vital roles played by our soldiers and policemen and related personnel by looking after their welfare and providing them with decent and adequate compensation as well as reasonable and substantial benefits,” they said.
The authors also said that the current subsistence allowance they receive can hardly support the subsistence of the family of soldiers and police personnel, noting that the National Statistics Office officially stated that monthly cost of living for a family of five should be at least P13,200 in order to recoup a decent living.
“It is the prime concern of the State to provide adequate remuneration and benefits for the protectors of our people,” the lawmakers said as they appealed for the support of their colleagues for the timely passage of the measure.
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