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Sinisiguro ni House Speaker Ferdinan Martin Romualdez na agad aaksyunan ng Mababang Kapulungan ng Kongreso ang priority bills ng administrasyong Marcos na may kaugnayan sa commerce and industry.
Ginawa ni Romualdez ang pangako sa harap ng mga opisyales at miyembro ng Philippine Chamber of Commerce and Industry (PCCI), na pinakamalaking business organizations sa bansa.
Binanggit din ng lider ng Kamara sa PCCI na kokonsultahin ito kaugnay ng priority legislative measures ni Pangulong Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr.
“Majority of the priority measures spelled out by President Marcos in his SONA are principally authored by no less than your House Speaker so I expect my fellow legislators to act on these bills with dispatch. In fact, I am hopeful that we can approve most of these measures before the year ends,” sa pahayag ni Romualdez sa ginanap na PCCI General Membership Meeting sa Makati Diamond Residences, sa Makati City.
“One thing I assure you, though. As stakeholders, you will be consulted in every measure that we tackle especially those involving commerce and industry. Please make your positions very clear on the issue I mentioned earlier as I want all stakeholders to be heard before we pass these measures,” dagdag pa ni Romualdez.
Partikular na tinukoy nito na kabilang sa priority measures ng gobyerno ang, (1) The Government Financial Institutions Unified Initiatives to Distressed Enterprises for Economic Recovery (GUIDE) Act; (2) Valuation Reform Bill; (3) Passive Income and Financial Intermediary Taxation Act or PIFITA; (4) E-Government Act; (5) Internet Transaction Act or E-Commerce Law; (6) National Land Use Act; (7) Enactment of an Enabling Law for the Natural Gas Industry; (8) Amendments to the Electric Power Industry Reform Act; at (9) Amendments to the Build-Operate-Transfer (BOT) Law.
Sinabi pa ng pangulo ng Lakas-CMD na ang imbitasyon ng PCCI ay tamang-tama bunsod ng inaprubahan ng Kamara sa Concurrent Resolution No. 2, na nagpapahayag na suportado nito ang Medium-Term Fiscal Framework (MTFF) na inilabas ni Pangulong Marcos, Jr.
“I dare say that the adoption by Congress of the MTFF Concurrent Resolution is a historic one. To my knowledge, this is the first time that our legislators fully committed themselves to a medium-term fiscal plan that will serve as anchor for the annual spending and financing plan of the national government. This— the Medium-Term Fiscal Framework— will serve as our guide in preparing the annual budget for the next six years,” paliwanag pa ni Romualdez.
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