00:00I want to support the DOTR program.
00:03You know, for the longest time, we've seen that
00:06we really, the Philippines, our country, lack a mass transport system.
00:11The MRT and LRT were made during the time of President Marcos,
00:15but for almost three decades, it hasn't been added.
00:20Well, the Marikina Line and Aurora Line were added,
00:23but it's really not enough.
00:25Because we can see every day,
00:27from year on year, we can see the traffic here in our country.
00:31Day and night.
00:33The solution is simple.
00:35Why are there more autos on the roads?
00:37It's not a sign of progress.
00:39It's a sign that our development is backward.
00:44In other countries, especially in first world countries,
00:47you can be rich if you're poor.
00:49You can ride a train, you can ride a subway.
00:51Right? It's not like that.
00:53It's not just that mass transport is hard.
00:55But here, why is it hard for us to force ourselves to buy a car?
01:00Because there's none.
01:01Our mass transport system has been lagging behind
01:06if compared to other Asian countries.
01:08We want to support it.
01:10Well, the North to South Railway was started,
01:13from Valenzuela to Clark,
01:15but I feel that the funds were used for other things.
01:20It's a waste.
01:21This has already started.
01:22It needs to continue.
01:24While we need to build more roads,
01:27the roads that we need to build are going out of Metro Manila.
01:31Not the roads inside Metro Manila.
01:33To facilitate transport not only of goods,
01:38but of people from Metro Manila going out.
01:41Metro Manila is already overdeveloped.
01:43What we need to improve and help develop
01:48is our periphery, the provinces outside of Metro Manila.
01:53You know, it's very simple.
01:55Because the President, with the help of Congress,
01:58can act on legislation
02:00that the roads that will be built
02:07cannot be issued by the TRO of the court.
02:10Because this will be paid for.
02:12And this will be a public good.
02:15This will benefit us.
02:17While we know that the problem has been there for a long time,
02:21but you can see that a lot of roads are being built
02:24but the road right-of-way has not been acquired.
02:27The funds are wasted.
02:28The additional widening of the road becomes a parking lot
02:31because it's not complete.
02:33In fact, it causes additional traffic
02:35because it funnels when it reaches the portion that is not yet done.
02:39We can also see, and I'm sure you can also notice that,
02:42a lot of roads were widened,
02:44but the utility posts are still standing in the middle of the road.
02:48Which is, you know,
02:50it's dangerous for the residents, for the motorists,
02:53especially for those who travel at night.
02:56Because if you think about it,
02:57at least the road is wide,
02:59but suddenly there's a post in the middle.
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