HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES SA ILALIM NI SPEAKER ROMUALDEZ, WALANG SINASAYANG NA ARAW

Tahimik lamang ang House of Representatives pero napag-alaman na mahigit 600 bills pala na naaprubahan nito sa ilalim ng liderato ni House Speaker Martin Romualdez ang nakabinbin sa ngayon sa Senado.

Sa kanyang talumpati bago mag-adjourn ang Congress nitong December 13, nabanggit ni Romualdez na umaabot pala sa 663 House bills ang naaprubahan na ng House of Representatives at ngayon ay nag-aantay ng akyon mula sa kanilang mga Senate counterparts.

Pinaka-importante sa mga bills na ito ay ang P5.768 trillion General Appropriations Bill (GAB) for 2024.

Ayon sa report sa bayan ni Romualdez, “since the start of the 19th Congress, this chamber has filed 9,763 house bills; 1,576 resolutions; and one petition, or a total of 11,340 measures. Of these filed measures, 34 have been enacted into law, eight have been transmitted for presidential action, seven bicameral conference committee reports have been ratified, 11 local bills have been passed by the Senate without amendments, and we have concurred to the amendments made by the Senate on six other local bills of our colleagues.” Lima dito ang pending sa mga kinauukulang bicameral conference committees. “Further, 663 House Bills have been approved by the House of Representatives and are now awaiting action by our Senate counterparts. Of the 121 session days this 19th Congress — which is 64 percent higher than the number of session days in the same period during the 18th Congress — we have processed an average of 28 legislative measures per session day,” aniya.

“We have also approved on third reading 46% more house bills and adopted 49% percent more resolutions compared to the first 18 months of the 18th Congress,” dagdag pa nito.

Sa pag-resume ng Congress ng sessions nito sa January 22, 2024, uumpisahan na umano ng Kongreso na talakayin ang mga proposal para sa charter change, kung saan partikular na magkakaroon ng focus sa ‘rewriting, ng mga partikular na probisyon sa Constitution na naglilimita sa limit foreign investments sa bansa.

Tiniyak ni Romualdez na: “Next year, after our Yuletide break, we will focus our attention on studying and reviewing proposals that deal with restrictions blocking the entry of foreign capital and investments in the Philippines. These include deliberation on all proposed measures related to constitutional change. This Congress will champion the cause of revisiting our present constitution. A cause that is key to unlocking the vast potential of our Philippine economy. Gagawin nating lahat para buksan ang ating ekonomiya sa puhunan. Pag-aaralan natin ang lahat ng paraan kung paano makikinabang ang ordinaryong tao sa pag-amyenda ng konstitusyon.”

Iniulat dinni Speaker Romualdez na naipasa ng Congress ang lahat ng priority bills na binanggit ni President Ferdinand Marcos, Jr. sa kanyang second State of the Nation Address (Sona) noong July 2023. Kabilang din dito ang mga nasa ilalim ng Legislative-Executive Development Advisory Council (Ledac) list.

“During the second (Ledac) meeting in July 2023, 20 legislative measures were identified and set for legislative approval before the year ends. The House of Representatives has passed all the twenty measures as early as September 2023, or three months ahead of schedule. Of these 20 Ledac identified measures, four have been enacted into law,” aniya.

“In his second State of the Nation address last July 2023, President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr. mentioned 17 priority measures needed to sustain our economic recovery and improve the living conditions of many of our countrymen. It is with great pride and honor to report to this august chamber that we passed all of these 17 Sona priority measures, seven months ahead of the president’s next State of the Nation Address in July 2024,” dagdag pa ni Romualdez.

Walang sinasayang na sandali ang House of Representatives sa pagtupad ng tungkulin. Talaga namang kapuri-puri.

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