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Pinangunahan ni Speaker Ferdinand Martin G. Romualdez ang mga kapwa nito mambabatas sa Kamara para samantalahin ang natitirang apat na linggo ng kanilang sesyon na ipasa ang nakabinbing pro-people priority measures ng administrasyon ni Pangulong Ferdinand “Bongbong” R. Marcos Jr.
Sa pagharap sa plenaryo sa pagpapatuloy ng sesyon ng Kamara, malugod na tinanggap ni Romualdez ang mga miyembro ng Kamara, na nagpahayag ng pag-asa na nagkaroon ang mga ito ng sapat na pahinga sa panahon ng bakasyon, dahil binalangkas nito ang gawain na dapat nilang gampanan bago ang sine die adjournment ng First Regular Session ng ika-19 na Kongreso sa Hunyo 2.
“As we face the remainder of the First Regular Session, we have merely four weeks to complete our legislative agenda that has been prescribed by no less than our President in his first SONA plus those that have been identified as priority measures in the LEDAC (Legislative Executive Advisory Council),” ani Romualdez.
“Later this afternoon (Monday) I will engage with our party leaders to see how we can make sure that the remainder of these four weeks before we adjourn sine die is used most efficiently and maximized so that we can achieve our goals in making sure that the common legislative agenda, not just of both Houses, but that of the Executive are achieved,” dagdag pa nito.
Una nito, binanggit ni Romualdez na inaprubahan mismo ni Pangulong Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr. ang 11 karagdagang panukalang batas, kabilang ang Maharlika Investment Fund (MIF) bilang bahagi ng LEDAC, kung kaya’t naging 42 ito mula sa orihinal na 31 priority administration measures.
Kabilang dito ang mga sumusunod; 1. pag-amiyenda sa AFP Fixed Term Bill; 2. Ease of Paying Taxes, 3. Maharlika Investment Fund, 4. Local Government Unit Income Classification, at 5. amendment sa Universal Health Care Act; 6. Bureau of Immigration Modernization at 7. Infrastructure Development Plan/Build Build BuildProgram; 8. Philippine Salt Industry Development Act; 9. Philippine Ecosystem and Natural Capital Accounting System (PENCAS), 10. National Employment Action Plan, at 11. pag-amiyenda sa Anti-Agricultural Smuggling Act, na nasa ilalim ng committee/technical working group (TWG) meeting.
“I implore all of you to continue the hard work that has now become the hallmark of the 19th Congress, a most hard-working and diligent Congress we have been. And I believe that we can still do much, much more in the furtherance of the interest of the Filipino people. Maraming maraming salamat sa trabaho, sa paglingkod ninyo sa bayan. Mabuhay po ang Kongreso. Mabuhay po kayong lahat,” pahayag ni Romualdez.
Bago nito, iniulat ng Romualdez sa plenaryo ng Kamara ang mga resulta ng limang araw na opisyal na pagbisita ni Pangulong Marcos sa Estados Unidos, na kanyang inilalarawan bilang “pinakaproduktibo at pinakamatagumpay at nagdala ng relasyon ng Pilipinas-US sa pinakamalaki nitong mga nakaraang taon.
“I’m proud to say that we, in conjunction with the Executive, had done our work with our counterparts in Capitol Hill in furthering and in enhancing and in deepening the relationships between the two countries, the Philippines and the United States—long historical allies—particularly during this period of uncertainty, post-COVID and the tensions that affect our region,” aniya pa.
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