MANILA, Philippines- Nanawagan si Chief Presidential Legal Counsel Juan Ponce Enrile sa mga personalidad na humihikayat sa overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) para sa ‘zero remittance week’ na isipin ang posibleng ‘adverse effects’ nito.
”Whoever advised Filipino OFWs to suspend the remittance of their earnings abroad to the country should think many, many times about the adverse consequences of that advice… As I said before, ‘For every action there is always a possible counteraction,”’ ani Enrile sa isang social media post.
Hinimok din ni Enrile ang OFWs “to study carefully that advice to them before they get burned by it.”
”If such an advice is followed by some OFWs, what will happen should Congress, for instance, retaliate and cancel or also suspend the tax privileges of the OFWs that follow the advice? The OFWs are income tax–free on their earnings abroad; they do not pay travel taxes; they do not pay airport fees; they are exempt from the documentary stamp taxes on their remittances; and they are also exempt from filing income tax returns,” dagdag niya.
Nanawagan din ang Malacañang sa OFWs, partikular sa mga taga-suporta ni dating Pangulong Rodrigo Duterte, na manatiling kalmado sa plano nilang pagkakasa ng “zero remittance week” upang tutulan ang detensyon ng dating pinuno ng bansa. RNT/SA
