By Argyll Cyrus B. Geducos
Malacañang said yesterday that President Duterte may sign the promised executive order addressing contractualization of workers on or before Labor Day.
Presidential spokesperson Harry Roque made the statement after the meeting between President Duterte and labor groups was cancelled.
According to Roque, the cancellation may be because the EO has not yet been finalized.
“I can only surmise that the final version of the EO has not been agreed upon by both labor management and government. It’s a tripartite document which has to be agreed upon. Possibly, they don’t have a final version yet,” he said.
Roque assured that Duterte is willing to give in to the request of the labor sector to issue an EO, citing that this was one of the Chief Executive’s campaign promises two years ago.
