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wiqely and prudenfly,"
Romualdezpointed out.
Romualdez said the OnMondaylastweek,a
House leadership under srnall group from the Leg-
Speaker Alan Peter Cayet- islative-Executive Devel-
ano will fruthei'work in opmqnt Advisory Cq uncil
ensuring tighter coordina- (LEDAC) with Congress
tion with the Palace and the leaders and Cabinet secre-
Senate to avoidevena sin- taries met in Malacafrang
gle presidential veto of bills where they agreed to hold a
to be approved by the 18th "regular monthly meeting'l
Congress. to ensurea bel*er shepherd-
".The technicalworking ing of President Ro$rigo
group will not only help Duterte's priority mea-
fast-track the passage of sures.
the Presidenf prioritybills,
s "\ffe are eyeing zeroveto
buf will assist in spofting for allbills tobe approved
red fl ags for possib-le presl by the Senate and *re House.
idential veto," said Ro- Hopefully, we can avoid
mualdez, president of the any possibility of a presi-
Lakas-Christian Muslim dential veto by woiking
Democrats (CMD) and closely with Cabinet menr--
Philippine Constitution bers and Senate officials,"
Association (Philconsa), said Romualdez. r :

'fie{lntoworkdosely "The Flouse leaders will

PILO (.P, resi-
also :wittr the exhaust all means possible
dential Legislative Liaison to make sure that the Exec-
Office) so that they can al3rt utive and the Legislative
us what are the certain pro- departrnents are in sync
visio:rs of the bill-s that may with regard to priority and
need thorough discussioh certified bills filed in the
18ur'LCongress. We do not
with Cabinet members con-
cemed," added Romual- want to put t9 wasle all the
dez, alawyer. money, time and effort
Romualdez said the which are nonrrally sperrt in
Congressional Plairning passing bills," the Leyte
andBudgetOffice(CPBO) lawmaker added.
estimates at least P3 mil- Romualdez satd some
lion are being spent for the of the initial priority mea-
approval of any bill until sures the small group
thirdreading. agreed to approve imm;
The amount covers the diately include the 2020
salaw of conglessrni:nand national budget, creation
Houseperso4nel-involved, of the Department of over-
in ttre process as well as seas Filipino workers
govemmentresources used (OFWs), hmending the
intheproceedings. Pubhc Service Act, higher
"We do not want to excise tax rates on alcohol,
waste thepeople's money. institutionalizing'"Malasa-
A well-crafted legislative kit centers" and creating a pa€ e Lv
meaqure, discussed thor- 'TaxReform for Attracting
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