Senator Manny Pacquiao has stepped into the bureaucratic boxing ring by proposing a bill that promises financial consolation for Filipinos still waiting for their national IDs. 

The proposed legislation dictates that the Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA) must pay citizens a whopping P1 per day of delay in ID delivery. Notably, this excludes the flimsy paper-generated printouts the PSA suggested recipients laminate themselves.

Pacquiao’s brainchild, aptly named the “ID Compensation Act,” aims to make procrastination profitable. The date of reckoning for this ingenious scheme is the day applicants signed and submitted their forms. 

With the National ID Program kicking off in 2019, those who applied that year are now on the verge of receiving a windfall, racking up almost P1,000 in compensation and counting. 

While critics argue it’s a jab at common sense, proponents commend Pacquiao for turning bureaucratic backlog into a financial jackpot.