House probe sought on restrictions for unvaccinated

Commuters wait for public utility buses along Commonwealth Avenue in Quezon City as the full implementation of the "no vaccine, no ride" policy begins on Monday, Jan. 17, 2021.

The STAR / Walter Bollozos

MANILA, Philippines — The Makabayan bloc is urging the House of Representatives to conduct an inquiry into the restrictions imposed on the unvaccinated as they raise concerns that these curbs could be violative of human rights.

The six-member bloc filed on Thursday House Resolution No. 2460 which calls on the House’s human rights panel to conduct an inquiry on the effects of the restrictions on the unvaccinated, including barring them from going out of their homes and from taking public transportation.

“While vaccinating the people could be important in the fight against the pandemic, Congress should take the side of the people against policies that curtail constitutional rights, [are] discriminatory and unnecessar[ily] burden the workers and other poor people especially at this time of pandemic and severe hardship,” the Makabayan bloc said in the resolution.

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