An open letter from a taxpayer: Angel Locsin pens letter to gov’n

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In this time of a pandemic, not only the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) posed as a threat to human lives, but the effects of it as well. Angel Locsin, through an open letter, listed all the other problems that must be addressed.

In an Instagram story on Wednesday, the actress wrote the opening lines “To whom it may concern” but it can be noted in the next words that the message is for the government, particularly lawmakers that are ‘focused’ too much on ABS-CBN.

“Make sure you have plans for the many workers and business owners who lost their income,” she wrote, adding “Ang daming time pag–initan ang ABS[-CBN] (You have so much time to pull ABS-CBN down).

This, after the National Telecommunications Commission (NTC) ordered another cease and desist order on the operations of the ABS-CBN TV Plus. NTC also stopped the operations of SKY Direct, the cable channel of ABS-CBN.

Angel wrote that other things were even prioritized like the renaming of the airport and the anti-terrorism bill. She is referring to House Bill No. 7031 which seeks to rename the Ninoy Aquino International Airport (NAIA) to Paliparang Pandaigdig ng Pilipinas. She also pertained to House Bill 6875 or Anti-Terrorism Act of 2020, which remains to be one of the most talked about as critics have pointed out that its passage can lead to the abuse of some human rights.

“Paano na ang tradisyunal na jeepney drivers? Paano ang mga senior citizens? At sa kung anong kakaharapin ng masang Pilipino pagkatapos ng pandemya (How about the traditional jeepney drivers? The senior citizens? And what the Filipinos masses will become of right after this pandemic),” she continued, ending her letter by identifying herself as a taxpayer.

Angel has been a consistent figure in helping the masses especially in times of disasters, starting from devastating typhoons, other calamities, and recently the ongoing effects of the COVID-19 crisis.

She and fellow actress Anne Curtis Smith-Heusaff own the auction Shop & Share which pursues to cover the expenses of test kits for the underprivileged “with compassion and kindness in hopes of aiding the government in increasing testing for COVID-19 in our own little way.”

Recently, one of the previously arrested jeepney drivers who got exposed to the virus was able to get tested because of the funds raised.

[READ: ‘Tatay Elmer’ gets tested for COVID-19 thanks to Angel Locsin’s auction]