Speaker: 19th Congress to finish strong in passing LEDAC priority bills
The House of Representatives (File photo from HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES’ Facebook page)
MANILA, Philippines — House Speaker Martin Romualdez is optimistic that the House of Representatives in the 19th Congress is set to “finish strong.”
He highlighted the lawmakers’ “near complete fulfillment” of the Legislative-Executive Development Advisory Council’s (Ledac) priority measures of President Ferdinand “Bongbong” R. Marcos Jr.’s administration.
In a statement on Saturday, Romualdez said the chamber is “well on track” to achieve its legislative goals under the Marcos administration.
“These laws and measures are concrete testaments to our unwavering commitment to the welfare and progress of our nation,” he said.
According to the speaker, he and his colleagues worked hard to ensure the passage of laws that directly impact the lives of Filipinos.
Article continues after this advertisement“Our goal remains to finish strong by passing the remaining measures to achieve 100 percent approval of all Ledac priority bills,” he said.
Article continues after this advertisementOf the 28 Ledac priority measures in line for approval before the conclusion of the 19th Congress, 11 were already enacted into law.
14 bills in the House have been approved on third reading. These are as follows:
- Reforms to Philippine Capital Markets
- Amendments to the Right-of-Way
- Excise Tax on Single-Use Plastics
- Rationalization of the Mining Fiscal Regime
- Department of Water Resources / National Water Resources
- Amendments to the Universal Health Care
- Open Access in Data Transmission
- Waste Treatment Technology
- Instituting a National Citizens Service Training (NCST) Program / Mandatory Reserve Officers’ Training Corps (ROTC)
- Military and Uniformed Personnel Pension Reform Bill
- E-Governance
- Amendments to the Philippine Immigration Act
- New Government Auditing Code
- Amendments to the Electric Power Industry Reform Act (Epira) (Rationalizing the Mandate of the Power Sector Assets and Liabilities Management or PSALM Corporation)
Only one bill remains under committee deliberation.
This is the Amendments to the Agrarian Reform Law, which, according to Romualdez, is the only Ledac measure “not yet acted upon” in the House.
In the same statement, the Speaker also identified the significant contributions of the chamber in passing 61 out of 64 priority measures under the Common Legislative Agenda for the 19th Congress.
These legislative pieces are priorities in President Marcos’ State of the Nation Address and some important measures in Congress.
Twenty-nine of these bills were already enacted into law — including the SIM Registration Act, Postponement of Barangay / SK Elections, and Maharlika Investment Fund.
Concluding his remarks, Romualdez said the achievements of the House reflect its commitment to the Bagong Pilipinas agenda of Marcos, particularly in fostering economic recovery, national development, and institutional reforms.
