Speaker Romualdez reaffirms House commitment to pass PBBM’s priority measures
As Senate, House commit to approve 20 key admin measures before year ends
SPEAKER Ferdinand Martin G. Romualdez on Wednesday affirmed the commitment of the House of Representatives to abide by the agreement reached at the Legislative Executive Development Advisory Council (LEDAC) for the passage 20 key administration measure before the end of the year 2023.
“Upon the start of the 2nd Regular Session of the 19th Congress, I together with the rest of the members of the House of Representatives will continue our efforts in realizing the President’s vision to greatly improve the Philippine economy, to reduce the prices of everyday commodities, and to increase the purchasing power of every Filipino citizen,” Romualdez said, during the LEDAC meeting presided by President Ferdinand Marcos, Jr. in Malacanang.
“Rest assured that the House of the People will remain steadfast and committed to being partners of the Executive Branch to spur economic growth, alleviate poverty, augment healthcare services, and foster job creation for all Filipinos,” he added.
During the LEDAC meeting, both the Senate and the House of Representatives committed to approve a total of 20 priority measures before the year ends, including two measures added Wednesday to the Common Legislative Agenda (CLA)
These two additional measures— the Amendments to the Bank Deposits Secrecy Law (House Bill No. 7446) and the Anti Financial Accounts Scamming Act (House Bill No. 7393) — were proposed for inclusion in the CLA by the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas.
The 18 other measures are the following:
* Amendments to the BOT Law/PPP Bill
* National Disease Prevention Management Authority
* Internet Transactions Act/E-Commerce Law
* Medical Reserves Corps
* Virology Institute of the Philippines
* Mandatory ROTC and NSTP
* Revitalizing the Salt Industry
* Valuation Reform
* E-Government/E-Governance
* Ease of Paying Taxes
* National Government Rightsizing Program
* Unified System of Separation, Retirement and Pension of MUPs
* LGU Income Classification
* Waste-to-Energy Bill
* New Philippine Passport Act
* Magna Carta of Filipino Seafarers
* National Employment Action Plan, and
* Amendments to the Anti-Agricultural Smuggling Act.
Of the 20 priority measures due for approval before the end of the year, 16 had already been approved by the House of Representatives on the third and final reading during the First Regular Session.
The only four remaining measures are the National Rightsizing Program; Unified System of Separation, Retirement and Pension of MUPs; National Employment Action Plan and the Amendments to the Anti-Agricultural Smuggling Act.
“Rest assured that we, in the House of People, will act on these pending three measures with careful dispatch,” Romualdez said.
It could be recalled that for the First Regular Session of the 19th Congress, the House has approved a total of thirty-three (33) out of forty-two (42) priority measures identified by LEDAC.
Romualdez said this can be attributed to the tireless efforts of the members of the House of Representatives as he also acknowledged that “the hard work is far from over.”
