Senator Ping Lacson Filed Senate Bill 257 For Those Who Will Abandon Elderly Parents

Filipinos are known for having close family ties,but there are some cases that are inevitable, there are still homeless elders on the streets without,food, shelter and someone they can lean to; these elders are abandoned specifically by their own family in,reasons we personally don’t know.

While government is doing its best in providing support in the form of food and shelter as well as enacting legislations like the Senior Citizens Act, it cannot be over-emphasized that taking care of the elderly members of the society is not only the function of government, but rather it is a shared responsibility of government and the children of said elderly.

The care for the aged is neither an exclusively private matter to be left to the family nor an exclusively public concern best left to the government. - Senator Ping Lacson

Lacson filed Senate Bill 257 “Parents Welfare Act of 2016” to punish those who,intentionally abandon their elderly parents or for those,senior citizens that can no longer support themselves. It also aims to build Old Age Homes for the sick, elders, or incapacitated parents for both urbanized city and province areas that will,cater 50 elders for each home that will be provided.

If Senator Lacson’s bill will pass the law, those who will not take,good care and provide food and shelters to their elders will soon face penalties,such as getting in jail for one to six months or Php100,000 fine.

Lacson in the other hand reiterates,why he decided to file such bill:

“This happens despite our moral and natural obligation to maintain our parents who are in need of support.”

Even without this bill, we as children of our,elders should remember how these elders once made our childhood remarkable. Without our elders or parents, we won’t be able to enjoy our life situations right now, let’s be considerate even when the,time comes that our elders could no longer support our needs, it’s payback time.

source: trendtitan