Pinasalamatan ni Land Transportation Franchising and Regulatory Board (LTFRB) Chairman Atty. Vigor Mendoza II ang Development Bank of the Philippines (DBP) sa pagkonsidera nito sa kahilingan ng LTFRB na suspendihin ang pagpapataw ng multa sa mga loan obligations para sa Public Transport Modernization Program (PTMP) sa pagbili ng modern jeepneys.
“Such assistance would greatly help transport operators stabilize their financial standing and continue providing essential public transport services to the communities they serve,” nakasaad sa liham ni Mendoza sa DBP.
Daan-daang modern jeepney ay nabili sa pamamagitan ng loan program mula sa iba’t ibang government financial institutions, kasama ang DBP, at nais ni Mendoza na maibsan ang hirap na dinaranas ng mga jeepney drivers at operators bunsod ng walang tigil na pagtaas na presyo ng produktong petrolyo.
“We fully understand the situation of the public transport sector this time so we are exerting efforts to provide all the necessary assistance to them to ease their burden,” sabi ni Mendoza
“So we wrote a letter to the DBP to ask them for a temporary suspension or waiver of penalties imposed on the outstanding loan obligations of transport service entities (TSEs) with delayed payments under the DBP’s Program Assistance to Support Alternative Driving Approaches (PASADA) in view of the ongoing Middle East crisis,” dagdag niya.
Ang liham ay pinadala kay DBP President at CEO Michael de Jesus na nagsabi na bukas ito sa posibilidad na i-waive ang penalties sa modern jeepney loan.
“Please be informed that as a government financial institution and staunch partner of the national government in the Public Transport Modernization Program (PTMP), DBP may consider granting of temporary suspension or waiver of penalties on a case-to-case basis, subject to approval of the approving authorities,” nakasaad sa liham ng DBP kay Mendoza.