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Garin explains why Food Stamp Program isn't a 'band-aid solution' 

Published May 15, 2024 12:12 am

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  • House Deputy Majority Leader Iloilo 1st district Rep. Janette Garin has rejected the notion that the Marcos administration's Food Stamp Program (FSP) is a "band-aid solution". 

IMG-e5449bbc912b2d016959c9e7ca655729-V.jpgIloilo 1st district Rep. Janette Garin (PPAB)



House Deputy Majority Leader Iloilo 1st district Rep. Janette Garin has rejected the notion that the Marcos administration's Food Stamp Program (FSP) is a "band-aid solution".

In a press conference Tuesday, May 14, Garin advised critics of the program to not be so "myopic", or else they'll miss the bigger picture.

"I don't think it's a band-aid solution, because if you look at the food stamp
program, hindi lang naman Pilipinas yung ang dami ng gumawa ng bansang ito (the Philippines isn't the only country doing this) and even the United States (US) have their own food stamp program," she said.

"Nabibigyan ng gobyerno ng tulong yung mga nangangailangan, but on the other hand the bigger impact there is yung binibilhan natin ay yung mga MSMEs, mga maliliit na negosyante, mga farmers, na yung kanilang produkto ay may mapupuntahan," she explained.

(The government is able to help those in need, but on the other hand the bigger impact there is the micro, small, and medium enterprises that will enjoy sales, the small businessmen, the farmers, whose products will be put to good use.)

"So, it’s a collaboration of many things...So, we cannot have a myopic view of what the DSWD is doing, the Department of Social Welfare and Development is doing one program with various impacts," Garin said.

"Those who are seeing na maliit na bagay lang (that this is just a small thing) are actually looking at it at the myopic view and for you to be a leader and a manager of people maganda ang ginagawa ng DSWD (the DSWD is doing something good)...you are actually hitting multiple birds with one program," she further said.

Garin was thankful that the FSP was finally started under the administration of President Marcos.

"Napakatagal na na hinaing na magkaroon ng Food Stamp Program ngayon lang ito naipatupad," said the Iloilo lawmaker.

(There has long been a clamor for a Food Stamp Program and it's only now that it's being implemented.)

Intended for the poorest of the poor, the FSP is intended to set aside P3,000 a month for such families.

"It might not be enough but its a good start, but then it is not the only program. Later on, pwedeng tumaas 'yang [ipamimigay ng gobyerno] (the government's dole can increase)," she said.

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