ACT-CIS Rep. Erwin Tulfo will file a proposed bill that will provide a pension for the overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) once they retire and decide to live in the Philippines.

In a recent ambush interview with the media, Cong. Tulfo said, “Mga bagong bayani ang tawag natin sa kanila dahil sa ambag nila sa ekonomiya ng bansa.”

“Pero pag-tumanda na sila, naghihirap at umaasa na lang sa bigay ng mga anak. Ganyan ba and dapat maranasan ng isang bayani?”, said Tulfo who is running as a senator under the Alyansa sa Bagong Pilipinas.

“It’s the country’s way of saying ‘thank you’ sa kanila sa pagtaguyod sa ating bansa ng ilang taon kaya marapat lamang na suklian sila ng sambayanan”, added Tulfo.

According to the lawmaker, “Marami-rami din sa mga OFWs natin ay hindi nakapag-ipon dahil inuna ang pagpapaaral ng mga anak at pagbili ng bahay”.

“Ang mga DH, laborer, driver, yung mabababa ang sahod ang kadalasang hindi nakaka-ipon dahil sapat lang ang sahod nila para sa pamilya”, added Tulfo.

Cong. Tulfo will propose for OFWs to have a monthly contribution to their own pension funds, while the government would have a double or triple the amount counterpart contribution to the pension of the OFWs.

The OFW contribution would be different from the Social Security System (SSS) contribution that an OFW would receive once he or she turns 60 years old.

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