Malacañang on Saturday said it respected the decision of overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) to hold more mass actions against the Bureau of Customs’ plan to tighten rules on balikbayan boxes.

The militant labor group Migrante had said OFWs will turn the Zero Remittance Day into a Zero Vote campaign against administration candidates in the upcoming elections.

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