Mayor Francisco “Isko Moreno” Domagoso said Saturday that about 93 percent of the city’s qualified Social Amelioration Program (SAP) beneficiaries have already received their cash assistance from the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD).
Moreno reported in a virtual public briefing that as of 7 a.m., a total of 171,961 families have already given P8,000 out of 185,000.
The DSWD allotted P1.4 billion to be distributed to the city’s poorest of the poor, according to Moreno.
“We follow the directive of the President na wala dapat politiko na makekealam o mag-i-interfere sa proseso ng DSWD,” he said.
He added that the local government helped the agency in identifying areas where families have been greatly affected by the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) crisis.
Moreno expressed confidence that they would meet the deadline to finish the distribution without violating social distancing measures.
He also assured the public that officials neglecting their duties and committing anomalies would be charged accordingly.
This came after 46 Manila barangay officials were issued show cause order by the city government over alleged irregularities in their food distribution.
“Yung tatlo po iniimbestigahan na ng kapulisyahan.’Yung dalawa, umaandar na ng tuloy tuloy.
Out of 46 naman, 27 pa lang yung nagreply at nagpaliwanag. At yung natitira ay binibigyan pa ng hanggang ngayong araw na ‘to para sila’y makapagpaliwanag,” he said. (Joseph Pedrajas)
