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Magpapatuloy na maging isang mabunga ang Kamara sa liderato ni House Speaker Ferdinand Martin Romualdez sa mga paggawa ng batas para sa buong 19th Congress.
Ito ang sinabi ni Surigao del Norte Rep. Robert Ace Barbers, chairman ng House Committee on Dangerous Drugs, kung saan itinakda na ni Romualdez ang mga gagawin para maging maayos ang Kamara tulad ng naitala sa First Regular Session na may mataas na output ng processed at approved measures.
“The measures the House approved during the First Regular Session have both quality and quantity. Quality, because the chamber passed 33 out of the 42 priority bills of President Ferdinand ‘Bongbong’ Marcos Jr. as listed by the Legislative-Executive Development Advisory Council (LEDAC); and quantity, because the chamber was able to process 30 measures per session day, and this was 10 percent more than what the previous Congress did,” sabi ni Barbers, stalwart ng Nacionalista Party (NP).
“The House will continue to perform at this pace for the rest of the 19th Congress. Speaker Romualdez knows that time is of the essence, that’s why he can easily tune out from all the political noise. We will follow his lead,” dagdag pa nito.
May kabuuang 577 panukalang batas ang naipasa sa ikatlo at huling pagbasa sa nakalipas na 10 buwan, na bumubuo sa First Regular Session.
Binanggit ni Barbers na si Romualdez ay malinaw na ang pinagkakatiwalaang kaalyado ni Pangulong Marcos sa lehislatura, kaya mas mahalaga na tumulong ang Kamara sa paghahatid ng “Agenda for Prosperity” ng administrasyon.
“A lot is riding on the work of government. In fact there are over 31 million who bought into the President’s notion of a better and more comfortable life. This promise will come to fruition if the legislature and executive continues to tread a united path,” pahayag pa ni Barbers.
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