Speaker Romualdez on the right track
Efforts by Speaker Ferdinand Martin G. Romualdez to lessen the burden of Filipinos by helping lower the prices of rice in the market, including onions and other basic commodities, have paid off, according to Cavite Rep. Elpidio Barzaga Jr.
“This simply means the Speaker – and that includes us representatives of our institution – is on the right track. Regardless of what naysayers have been saying, the people have apparently started appreciating the work that he did, and of course with us as support group,” Barzaga remarked.
The House leader was referring to a recent survey conducted by the OCTA Research group, showing that 54 percent of the respondents were satisfied with the performance of the House of Representatives.
Nine percent said they were dissatisfied, while 36 percent were undecided, according to the survey.
Barzaga, chairman of the House Committee on Environment and Natural Resources, commended Speaker Romualdez for a “job well done,” noting that “his heart is on the right place.”
“The 54 percent satisfaction rating tells us that we started on the right path. And so it’s also a continuing challenge for us to do more and reach a level where a larger majority of our people will benefit from government initiatives,” Barzaga, former president of the National Unity Party (NUP), said.
“Just like in basketball, we already did good in the first half of the game. So now, we will keep and even step up the pace until the end of the race,” the former mayor of Dasmarinas City – a CPA-lawyer by profession – vowed.
Apart from this, Barzaga also said they will continue to pass measures that will help alleviate the plight of the people, most especially those who live below the poverty line, as the government tries to achieve a better future by slowly moving away from the third-world status.
