Hi, just wanna put a rant here regarding elections and projects.
Everyone is aware that every time there's an upcoming elections, magpahumot gyud ug maayo ang mga politicians. You know, the typical politics. Magpahimo ug building, manghatag ug mga sakyanan sa mga barangay, magdali sa mga project and ETC. But are you aware that pressure, sakit ug delikado kaayo ni sa mga Project Contractors for the good of the Politicians?
I'll start with my story. I work on a company that has contracted a government project. I wont mention kung unsa na city or kung unsa na department. The project started its development by December 2009 and is supposed to be done in January 2010. Up to now, wala pa gyud mahuman. Why? Because the project is a computer program that will ease up the workflow of that certain government unit. It's big, its real and its scary for the contractors because of the deadline that you have to catch.
Computer programs are easy to do. But the only problem is that it eats up a lot of time especially if you start from scratch. Did I just say "deadline" in the paragraph ago? That deadline is the most dreaded of all contractors. It doesn't matter if contractor ka for health care, infrastructure or any sorts. For the 2 months that we are given, gamay ra kaayo na for the development time of the project we got. Considering na barato na gyud kaayo ang project because it was bidded, its really unfair kay pressured kaayo.
The deadline, I'm referring to is the
Election Ban. What exactly is an election ban? An election ban prohibits a government financing from releasing funds. Which means if we don't finish the project before the election ban, tendency is that the contractor will not get paid until the end of the elections. There's also a tendency that the contractor will not get paid EVEN after the elections because it is possible that the government employees will change after the elections and the Mayor may not even sign the paycheck for that project. You know why? Because there are some projects that the previous Mayor liked it so much and the next Mayor hated it so much. So the upcoming Mayor has the upper hand on handing the verdict whether to release the funds or not.
I know, we have a really big mistake on taking the project kay mao lagi to, di diay kaya na mahuman on time. But my point here is that politicians, either but-an ka or kalog ug ulo,
do your projects early. Hutda ug dali inyong fundings when they arrive. Ayaw mi pugsa ug i-pressure na mohimo sa inyong project para lang makapahumot mo labi nag duol ra sa election ban. We contractors are concerned about this. Not all the times certain ta na naay mahuman na project in this date or that date. We are humans and are prone to error. Dili pud namo gusto ma-abtan sa election ban pero it happens.
Tomorrow, is the election ban. Gamay nalang gyud ang kuwang para mahuman ning project na among gihimo but I really think ma-abtan na mi sa election ban and our payment for the project will come late by June. Problema nasad mi sa among mga supplier ani kay dugay-dugay gyud tag huwaton ani.
Good luck, and god bless the government elections. Ibotar ang tarong na kandidato. Dili man kay kamo ra na mga normal citizens ang apektado, we are affected too and it hurts harder.