Romualdez reports accomplishments as House goes on Holy Week recess

mualdez said these measures were already transmitted to the Senate for its own deliberations.

T he 31 LEDAC priority measures, collectively called the Common Legislative Agenda (CLA) of Malacañang, Senate, and the House of Representatives, were drawn up from dozens of measures that were filed in Congress to further stimulate economic activities, create job opportunities, reduce poverty, and provide better health-care services for Filipinos.

T he Congress went on a break from March 22 to May 7, 2023.

R omualdez, in a statement, said out of the 23 measures approved by the House, two had been signed into law by President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr., while the remaining eight bills in the LEDAC priority list are in the advance stages of deliberation.

“ We have done our share in passing important pieces of legislation that will help the country recover from the crippling impact of the Covid-19 pandemic and external shocks that adversely affect the economy and the nation,” he said.

That was our commitment during the series of meetings at LEDAC.

That is our continuing commitment to the Filipino people,” the House leader pointed out. A side from having been identified by the LEDAC as priority measures, the approved bills were also among those enumerated by the President in his first State of the Nation Address (SONA) in July last year, Romualdez said.

We have responded positively to the President’s call for legislation that would hasten the country’s recovery from the pandemic, sustain our economic growth, and implement his Agenda for Prosperity,” the Speaker added.

T he two bills the President has signed into law are the mobile phone SIM (subscriber information module) Registration Act, which is now under implementation, and the measure postponing the barangay and Sangguniang Kabataan elections to October this year.

Vittorio V. Vitug