Bataan 1st District Rep. Herminia Roman said they are also working on increasing the monthly pension of WWII veterans from P5,000 to P20,000.
“Ang burial assistance OK na pero ang sa increase in pension problema pa. Binubuno pa namin sa Appropriations ang pondong kailangan,” she said.
Roman is chairperson of the House Committee on Veterans Affairs.
She said that a budget of P2.3 billion is needed to increase the pension of 12,000 WWII veterans and a few veterans of the Korean and Vietnam wars not receiving income from the Armed Forces of the Philippines.
“Ang P2.3 billion naman paliit ng paliit ‘yan dahil matatanda na ang ating mgabeterano kaya nga dapat matulungan na sila,” she said.
Roman said she is thankful to the veterans for being aninstrument to help them. “Ako ang dapat magpasalamat sa kanila sapagka’t at least nakagawa ako ng mabuti para sa mga bayani ng ating bayan.”
