フィリピン・セブ州ラプラプ市のファーストレディであるシンディ・キング・チャン氏は、高齢者が長寿になるのを待つのではなく、75歳になったら現金をプレゼントすることを提案すると語っています。
チャンは、2022年の選挙でラプラプ市の単独代表として当選した場合、この政策が優先法案になるだろうと述べています。
チャンは、75歳になった高齢者は、政府から75,000ペソの現金を受け取ることができるので、まだ楽しむことができるとしています。
また、75,000ペソを受け取った高齢者が100歳になっても、残りの25,000ペソを受け取る権利があり、合計で100,000ペソをゲットするチャンスがあるようです。
Cindi Chan wants 75-year-old seniors to receive cash gifts, not wait for them to turn 100
Lapu-Lapu First Lady says this will be her priority bill if she wins next year
LAPU-LAPU CITY, CEBU, Philippines — Lapu-Lapu City First Lady Cindi King-Chan said she will propose in the House of Representatives the giving of cash gifts to senior citizens when they reach 75 instead of waiting for them to become centenarians.
Chan said this will be her priority bill should she win in the 2022 elections as the lone Representative of Lapu-Lapu City.
Chan said that senior citizens who are 75, should already receive a cash gift from the government in the amount of P75,000, so that they can still enjoy the gift.“Kanang maka-enjoy pod sila sa ilang mga benefits, dili lang inig 100 years old na,” Chan said.
She also proposed that once the senior citizen, who already received the P75,000, reached the age of 100, then he/she would still be entitled to receive the remaining P25,000 so that it would total to P100,000.Currently, the national government, through the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD), is only giving cash gifts worth P100,000 to senior citizens who would reach the age of 100 years old.