MANILA, Philippines – Pinaalalahanan ng Malakanyang ang mga pampublikong tanggapan na nagbibigay ng mahalagang serbisyo na panatilihin ang kanilang operasyon sa lahat ng oras lalo pa’t hindi sila saklaw ng four-day onsite work na ipinatutupad para magtipid sa paggamit ng kuryente sa gitna ng mahigpit na global fuel supply.
“The language of the President’s order is clear : Agencies that provide frontline services shall keep their services running at all times,” ayon kay Executive Secretary G. Ralph Recto.
The “overriding rule,” ayon kay Recto, ay iyong “essential, basic and vital services” ay hindi dapat magagambala.
“These cover agencies involved in the “direct delivery of health, public safety, and emergency response services” to the public,” aniya pa rin.
Habang oobserbahan nila ang galaw para bawasan ang paggamit ng enerhiya, “these should not in any way curtail or compromise the work that they do.”
“We do not cut ambulance service in the name of fuel economy. We do not restrict police response to crime in order to save on gas. Ang ganyang serbisyo ay hindi tinitipid,” ang winika ni Recto sabay sabing ang katwiran sa likod ng bureaucracy-wide drive na tapyasan ang utility usage “is that savings incurred can be used by offices rendering vital services.”
“Kung tumataas ang presyo ng gasolina, we will put government service vehicles on a gas diet, so that ambulances, fire truck, police patrol cars can continue running,” ayon kay Recto.
Subalit, ang “support, auxiliary offices” sa mga frontline agencies ay may mandato na bawasan ang kanilang actual energy use na 20%, alinsunod sa Memorandum Circular 114 na ipinalabas ni Pangulong Marcos noong Marso 6.
“Kung regional office ka ng Bureau of Fire Prevention, covered ka ng energy conservation protocols. But gasoline supply of firetrucks, for obvious reasons, are exempt from scrimping,” aniya pa rin. (KRIS JOSE)
