Kabataan Party-list on Wednesday, May 7, slammed the system of abusive companies and corruption in the country, which the group blamed as the reason behind fatal road accidents in the Philippines.

The recent successive road mishaps involving a bus as well as a sports utility vehicle (SUV) that led to the deaths of at least 14 people in total prompted Kabataan to call out the "rotten system" in the country.

"Bulok ang sistema dahil may adik sa pera—mula sa mga fixer, mangongotong, abusadong kumpanya at malalaking contractor. Dekada na ang korapsyon at pagpapabaya sa transportasyon sa kamay ng iilang negosyo (The system is rotten because there are people who are greedy of money—from fixers, to the corrupt ones, to the abusive companies and big contractors. There is decades-long corruption and negligence in the transport system under the hands of a few businesses)," Kabataan Party-list First Nominee and spokesperson Renee Co said.

Co says commuting and using public transportation, such as buses, is safe if drivers are not trying to reach a quota. That's also the belief that many social media users have following the bus accident in SCTEX that killed a dozen people, and an SUV that plowed through passengers at Ninoy Aquino International Airport (NAIA) and killed two, including a 5-year-old girl.

"Dapat ibalik ang kalsada sa kamay ng mamamayan, hindi ng mga negosyante at korap na iilan. Nasa pakinabang ng lahat, lalo ng commuter, na gawing nakabubuhay ang kita at trabaho ng ordinaryong tsuper (We should bring the roads to the hands of the people, and not to businessmen and corrupt individuals. It is for the benefit of the commuters to ensure a livable wage and condition of ordinary drivers)," Co said.

She says public transportation is public service, and the government must take responsibility over it.

"This is how we can fix the system," Co said.