MANIII" PII NP {ES I MONDAY,23 SEPTEMBER 2019
Priority on LEDAC-backed bills
The Ilouse leaders will exhaust all means possible to make sure that
the Executive and the Legislative departments aie always in one
direction with regard to the version of the priority and certified bills
By Hanancol Bord€y
Aftetr ba3$ing the 2020 General
Appropriations BiU (GAB) ea.rly, the House
of Representatives ha"s vowed to pdoritize
bills apprgved by a small group formed
from the members of LegislativeDxecutive
Development Advisory Council (LEDAC).
In a statement, House M4iority Floor
LeaderMa_rtin Romualdez said that the
small group called Legislative-Executive
Coordinating Council (IJCC) has listed down
four measures to be prioritized by the Congress
specifically the Salary Stardardization Law
(SSL) 5 for civilian state vorken; cieation of
the Depaftment of Overseas Filipino Workers
(OFW)i postponement ofthe May 2020 bara.ngay
,
ard Sangguniang Kabal,aar' (SK:) polls [o May '
2023, ard ftee legal assistance to the membe$
of the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AIP).
Romualdez said that the House is looking
forward to passing the bills approved by the
mini-LEDAC before the Congxess adiourns
in December.
The said LECC meeting was attended
by Finance Secretary Carlos Dominguez, .
Budget Secretary Wendel Avisado,
Labor Seoetaly Silvesire. Bello III,
Speaker AIan Peter Cayetano, Senate
President Vicente Sotto III, Senate
Mqjority Leader Juan Miguel Zubiri,
Senators Christopher Lawrence uBong'
Go and Joel Villanueva, and Deputy
SpeaFer Luis
l
Raymund Villa.fuerte,
The Ilouse leader said that the LECC
has approved ihese bills as prioriw ahead
of the LDDAC meeting which was usually
chatued by the President and attended by
the Vice President, Senate President, House
Speaker, three members each from the
House and Senate, local govemment unit's
representatiyes, and representatives from
youth and private sectors.
ulet's wait for the official communicalion
from the Palace about the ftnal list 0f
priority le$slative measures
it would b€ submitting
to Congress. These
just the initia.l list.
; and their counterpaxts in the
In thb meantime,
we agreed to
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pursue these as our common priority
measures," Romualdez said.
The Leyte representative said that the
House is committed to expedite the bills
& d work in harmony with the Senate and
Cabinet members to pursue their comm0n
goal under the administration of President
Rodrigo Duterte.
"Ihe House leaders will exhaust all means
possible to make sule that the Executive ard
the Legislative departments are always in
one direction with regard to the version of
the priority and certified bius filed in the
lSth C0n$ess. We do not want t0 put to
waste all the resources, time and effort,
which are normally spent in passing
bills,' he added.
the House leader firther explained
that Congress wants to prevent
vetocd bills by working closely
a.Te
with the Executive Department
Senate-
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