QC urban poor slams ‘pocket demolitions,’ expansion of Payatas dump
by Jonathan L. Mayuga, businessmirror.com.ph
January 20, 2013

URBAN poor groups assailed Quezon City Mayor Herbert Bautista for allowing the “pocket demolitions’ of houses of squatter residents and City Hall’s reported plan to expand the Payatas garbage dump.

On Monday some 500 urban poor from Payatas communities organized by Anakpawis, urban poor group Kalipunan ng Damayang Mahihirap (Kadamay) and the Alyansa Kontra Demolisyon (AKD) will stage the Lakbayan ng Maralita Laban sa Demolition to protest Bautista’s anti-poor policies.

The protesters will assemble at Urban Market, Lupang Pangako in Payatas B area and will have short programs at Litex Market and the House of Representatives in Batasan Complex before they stage the 10-kilometer march from Commonwealth to Quezon City Hall, where they will stage a protest vigil.

The protesters also had a picket at the main office of the National Housing Authority (NHA).

Leaders of Anakpawis, Kadamay and AKD said Mayor Herbert Bautista is interested in expanding the Payatas dump rather than addressing the housing problem of urban poor families.

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