Batac mayor defends veto of seniors’ death aid ordinance

By Dominic B. dela Cruz

Staff reporter

Batac City—Mayor Jeffrey Jubal C. Nalupta defended his veto of an ordinance unanimously approved by members of the Sangguniang Panlungsod.

The ordinance calls for the grant of P3,000 as burial/death assistance for senior citizens in the city.

Mr. Nalupta reasoned that there was already an existing ordinance and as such it should have been amended and not totally changed.

An older ordinance specifically defines the qualifications of senior citizens who are entitled to a P1,000 burial/death assistance. The main qualification is that the senior citizen must be an indigent.

The new ordinance however calls for the grant of P3,000 death/burial assistance regardless of economic status.

Mr. Nalupta admitted that he proposed the amendment but in his proposal he specified that only the amount of assistance should be changed.

He stressed that he is in favor the P3,000 assistance provided the original qualifications are re-inserted.

“Para kaniyak, imbes nga ti ik-ikkan tayo iti dakkel nga attention ket dagitay benefits for the dead, why not, look at ways and means a maikkan ti benefits for the living,” the mayor pointed out.

Mr. Nalupta cited an example on the benefits granted to the City’s centenarian where qualifications were set for beneficiaries.

In a related development, the mayor admitted that that there is too much delay in the passage of the city’s annual budget for 2015 due to many activities in the last quarter of last year.

He then appreciated the effort of the council to hold daily budgetary hearings to hasten the process.

The proposed annual budget was only submitted to the office of the council presiding officer on Feb. 12, 2015.

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