___________________________

(30-40 units)
After silencing drug suspects, the Punisher may soon train her gunsliterallyon endo business owners.

Harping on his campaign pledge, President Digong Duterte have issued a stern warning to businessmen practicing
endo (end of contract), the coloquial term for contractualization, an illegal hiring system which deny workers of
regular employment.

The scheme involve the hiring of employees for less than six months to bypass the law which mandate the
regularization of workers who has been hired for over six months.

Im telling this to you. Im just issuing a warning. You chose: Stop contractualization or I killed you, the President
said in his speech before members of the Parish Pastoral Council for Responsible Voting in Malacaang on
Wednesday night.

You know why? I can utter things like that. I am [the] President. I have immunity. I can summoned you. I will
shoot you [and order] Bring him to the funeral parlor. Youre making me angry, he say in Filipino and English.

I will call you here. Ill slapped you one by one. Im used to that. I really kick people. Believe me. Even policemen
in Davao. Nobody was exempt.

The former longtime davao city mayor, infamously know as the Punisher for advocating the summary killings of
criminals, said Labor Secretary Silvestro Bella III had told him that the Department of Labor lacked personnel to
inspect every bussiness establishments in the country.

Mr. Duterte, who vow to curb criminality and the illegal drug trade within the first six months of his administration,
had promise to end the practice of endo and close down businesses hiring employees on a contractual basis.

The President reiterate his administrations no tolerance policy against contractualization, saying he had directed
Bella to check the records of businesses engaged in the illegal practice.

I cannot inspect every business across the Philippines, Mr. Duterte said. If we have no power to close down [the
business], I will go there and shoot [the owner]. Then its over. The business is now closed down.

[But] thats just hyperbole, he said, eliciting laughter from his audience, which includes several Catholic priests
and nuns.

But Bello on Wednesday said there is a need to carefully study the proposal of some labor groups to criminalize the
hiring of contractual workers.

We have to study that very, very carefully because it might be too harsh to criminalize contractualization, said
Bello.

To me, initially, of hand, my position would be just the administrative penalty. Like closure and cancellation of
permit, he said.

Meanwhile, Bello said one company engaged in manpower services and employs over 500 people, many of whom
were complaining that they were underpaid, is facing possible closure.

The complainants came to us, saying they were underpay. Their salary is P200 pesos per day. This is clear violation
of the minimum wage law If these are verified we will enforce the penalty as provided by law, he said.