Bangon Pilipinas senatorial candidate Bro. Eddie Villanueva held a dialogue with fisherfolk in Navotas Thursday in a bid to push his platform of “economy in the margins.”
Villanueva visited Market 3 of the Philippine Fisheries Development Authority (PFDA) Compound in Navotas at 8:00 am where he talked with leaders of the fishing community headed by Rolly Serna, president of Market 3 PFDA informal settlers.
“I am doing this to personally get the pulse of our sagigilid or the marginalized sectors of our society. We will talk directly to the people and find out their dreams, hopes and aspirations. We want to hear straight from them what it is they want from their government and their leaders so we can be better servant-leaders to them,” he said.
Villanueva said he also explained his platform of developing an “economy in the margins” to offset the imbalance of economic growth in the country. Recently, media reports said the poverty rate in the country has remained unchanged.
“We have seen the country get a credit ratings upgrade and the local stock market hitting new highs. But development has not trickled down to the common folk, especially to the poor and the marginalized,” he said.
Villanueva, an economist, also explained that our economy should be “aggressive and inclusive” if the common folk like the Navotas fisherfolk are to benefit.
“What I will push in the Senate is inclusive growth and an economics for the fringes – or ekonomiya ng sagigilid. We need to focus our economic legislative agenda on industrial development by creating an industrial backbone based on agricultural modernization and manufacturing,” he said.
The Navotas fishport is the hub of fish trading in Metro Manila where enterprising fish sellers procure the fish they would sell in public markets all around Metro Manila.
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