Lawmakers said that with the 100-percent completion of the priority measures outlined in the Legislative-Executive Development Advisory Council (LEDAC) slated for June 2024, the House of Representatives can now focus on other measures that are of national and local significance.
Lanao del Norte Rep. Mohamad Khalid Dimaporo, Negros Occidental 3rd District Rep. Jose Francisco Benitez, PBA Rep. Margarita Ignacia Nograles, and Taguig City 2nd District Rep. Amparo Maria Zamora all said the chamber will buckle down to discuss other equally important measures.
“I think with the LEDAC measures finally completed, we can focus on local bills because that is of utmost importance to most of us here in the House of Representatives. Iyong mga local needs ng mga constituents namin, and secondly, we also have other tasks,” Dimaporo, chairperson of the House Committee on Muslim Affairs, said during the regular daily press briefing at the House.
Speaker Ferdinand Martin Romualdez earlier reported a 100-percent House approval of LEDAC priority bills slated for passage this June, or three months ahead of schedule.
He reported during a LEDAC meeting, presided over by President Bongbong Marcos Jr. in Malacañang Tuesday morning, that the House has fulfilled its commitment to pass all the 19 LEDAC priority measures three months ahead of target.
Dimaporo, meanwhile, said that aside from local bills, other equally important pieces of legislation will now get the full attention of lawmakers in the House, such as the Second Congressional Commission on Education, or EDCOM 2.
“One of the tasks that I have been assigned to by the Speaker is in EDCOM 2, so we will be digging deep into the problems of BARMM and the problems with education, why they are the poorest of the poor in terms of performance when it comes to education, statistics and indicators,” Dimaporo said in a House press release.
Nograles said there are other committee hearings in the chamber that are ongoing, and the House is still very busy crafting and deliberating on proposed measures that will support Marcos’ economic agenda.
“I think the Create More is being discussed and, if I’m not mistaken, there are about 10,000 bills that have been filed by various congressmen (that need to be discussed),” she said.
For Benitez, aside from those mentioned, there is still the mandate of the House in the exercise of its powers on oversight. “There are many issues that still need study beyond or outside the LEDAC priorities.” ||
