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President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr. will convene the Legislative-Executive Development Advisory Council (LEDAC) on Monday, October 10.

Chaired by the President, the 20-member council is expected to discuss the status of the executive department’s legislative agenda, which was presented by Marcos in his maiden State-of-the-Nation Address (SONA) last July 25.

LEDAC members include the Vice President, seven members of the Cabinet designated by the President, three members of the Senate designated by the Senate President, three members of the House of Representatives designated by the Speaker of the House, a representative of the local government units (LGUs), a representative from the youth sector and a representative from the private sector.

The priority measures that the LEDAC is expected to tackle include the National Government Rightsizing Program (NGRP); Budget Modernization Bill; Government Financial Institutions Unified Initiatives to Distressed Enterprises for Economic Recovery (GUIDE) and the Unified System of Separation, Retirement and Pension.

Economic bills that are expected to be discussed include the E-Governance Act; National Land Use Act; Tax Package 3: Valuation Reform Bill; Passive Income and Financial Intermediary Taxation Act (PIFITA) and the Internet Transaction Act or E-Commerce Law.

In the area of national security, the LEDAC will tackle the National Defense Act; Mandatory Reserve Officers’ Training Corps (ROTC) and National Service Training Program (NSTP); the establishment of a Medical Reserve Corps, National Disease Prevention Management Authority, Virology Institute of the Philippines, and Department of Water Resources.

Also included in the LEDAC agenda are the enactment of an enabling law for the natural gas industry; amendments to the Electric Power Industry Reform Act or EPIRA (Republic Act No. 9136) and amendments to the Build-Operate-Transfer (BOT) Law.

The priority legislative measures of the Senate and House of Representatives will also be presented by Senate President Juan Miguel Zubiri and House Speaker Ferdinand Martin Romualdez.

Included in the legislature’s agenda are possible amendments to the COVID-19 Vaccination Program Act (RA No. 11525).

The LEDAC, created through R.A. 7640 on Dec. 9, 1992, serves as a consultative and advisory body to the President as the head of the national economic and planning agency for further consultations and advice on certain programs and policies essential to the realization of the goals of the national economy.

Monday’s meeting will be the first LEDAC meeting under the administration of President Marcos Jr.

R.A. 7640 provides that the council shall meet at least once every quarter but it may be convened by the President for special meetings, as may be necessary.

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Zubiri: First LEDAC a Success

On Monday, Malacañang hosted the first Legislative Executive Development Advisory Council (LEDAC) of the Nineteenth Congress, where the Senate and the House of Representative leaderships presented their common legislative priorities for discussion with the executive.

Senate President Juan Miguel “Migz” F. Zubiri presented a total of twenty-six priority bills, twenty of which were priority measures mentioned by President Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos, Jr. in his first State of the Nation Address.

Zubiri called the LEDAC a success, allowing the legislative and the executive to synchronize their priority measures.

“It’s very timely that we had our first LEDAC right before budget season. That is going to be taking up most of our time in the plenary once we resume session, and we needed this LEDAC to identify the bills we must make room for alongside the budget,” he said. “This LEDAC was a success in that regard.”

“We have had a productive meeting where we reaffirmed our commitment to a common legislative agenda. We have pledged passage of bills which will accelerate our pandemic recovery, insulate our hardworking families from the inflationary fallout from global disruptions, and anchor our regions and sectors on stronger fundamentals to build resiliency and secure our future.”

During the meeting, Zubiri indicated that the Senate and the House have agreed to pass the following measures by year-end: Medical Reserve Corps; National Disease Prevention Management Authority/Center for Disease Prevention and Control; Virology Science and Technology Institute of the Philippines; Mandatory Reserve Officers’ Training Corps and National Service Training Program; Amendments to the Build-Operate-Transfer Law; and Condonation of Unpaid Amortization and Interest on Loans of Agrarian Reform Beneficiaries.

The rest of the priority bills are as follows: National Government Rightsizing Program; Budget Modernization Bill; Tax Package 3: Real Property Valuation and Assessment Reform Bill; Tax Package 4: Passive Income and Financial Intermediary Taxation Act (PIFITA); E-Government Act; Internet Transactions Act/E-Commerce Law; Government Financial Institutions (GFIs) Unified Initiatives to Distressed Enterprises for Economic Recovery (GUIDE) Bill; Department of Water Resources; Unified System of Separation, Retirement and Pension for Military and Uniformed Personnel; E-Governance Act; National Land Use Act; National Defense Act; Enabling Law for the Natural Gas Industry; Amendments to the Electric Power Industry Reform Act; Regional Specialty Hospitals; Magna Carta for Filipino Seafarers; Waste-to-Energy Law; Amendments to the Passport (Lifetime Validity for Senior Citizens); and Negros Island Region.

The SIM Registration Act was also part of the list, and was set to be signed by the President in a ceremony after the LEDAC. This is the first law passed in the Nineteenth Congress.

Zubiri emphasized that in the previous administration, the Senate and the House were able to efficiently push hard-to-pass measures through plenary, thanks to the “great interparliamentary working relationship between the Senate and the House leaderships, especially the seamless coordination between the now Speaker of the House, Speaker Romualdez, and yours truly, when we were both majority leaders of our respective chambers.”

“There was always synergy in all our efforts,” he said. Now that he and Romualdez are heading the Senate and the House, Zubiri assured that the administration “can expect the same level of working relationship and coordination between our respective chambers’ leadership in passing priority legislation.”

“The cogs of the legislative mill are fully functioning. We in Congress have started on the right footing, on the right direction, kaya’t mataas po ang pag-asa namin na magiging madali ang ugnayan ng Executive at Legislative branches of government para matugunan ang mga pangangailangan ng ating mamamayan.”

“This morning’s conference was proof of statesmanship and multipartisanship at work, where Senate can engage the other branch while upholding its independence and initiative on policies which serve the national interest and people’s welfare.”

Source: https://legacy.senate.gov.ph/press_release/2022/1010_zubiri1.asp

Marcos: LEDAC meeting ‘productive’

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Michelle Guillang, Edjen Oliquino and Jom Garner

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Oct 11, 2022, 00:50

The first Legislative-Executive Development Advisory Council had been “productive”, President Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr. said on Monday.

“Ang Legislative-Executive Development Advisory Council o LEDAC ang nagsisilbing consultative at advisory body pagdating sa mga panukalang batas at programa na naglalayong maitaas ang antas ng ekonomiya ng bansa. Maraming salamat sa isang produktibo ng pagpupulong ngayong umaga!” Marcos wrote in a social media post.

Office of the Press Secretary officer-in-charge and undersecretary Cheloy Garafil said the 20-member council, chaired by the President, was able to discuss the entire executive department’s legislative agenda.

Among the priority measures are the National Government Rightsizing Program, Budget Modernization Bill, Government Financial Institutions Unified Initiatives to Distressed Enterprises for Economic Recovery, and the Unified System of Separation, Retirement and Pension.

Also included in the agenda are several economic bills, national security matters, possible amendments to the Electric Power Industry Reform Agenda or EPIRA Law, and the Build-Operate-Transfer Law, among others.

House lawmakers and senators presented their respective priority legislative measures such as possible amendments to the Covid-19 Vaccination Program Act to the meeting.

LEDAC members include the Vice President, seven members of the Cabinet designated by the President, three members of the Senate designated by the Senate President, three members of the House of Representatives designated by the Speaker of the House, a representative of the local government units, a representative from the youth sector and a representative from the private sector.

House pledges support

House Speaker Martin Romualdez, for his part, assured the President of the lower chamber’s commitment to passing the measures endorsed during the LEDAC meeting as its Common Legislative Agenda.

“The House is in full support of the President’s entire legislative agenda, including the key priority measures for legislation he has asked Congress to consider. We will act on these with dispatch,” he said.

“With the guidance and support of President Marcos Jr. and the Presidential Legislative Liaison Office, these priority measures will become Laws, which the Filipino people can benefit from.”

Romualdez, the President’s cousin, said the House will continue to invoke Rule 10, Section 48 of the House of Representatives for the swift approval of some of the 30 CLA measures.

“We have the internal mechanism for an expeditious approval process that is enshrined in the House rules of procedure,” Romualdez said.

The House chief added that Rule 10, Section 48 authorizes the committees to dispose of priority measures already filed and approved on the third reading in the immediately preceding Congress.

He said the use of this particular rule would greatly hasten consideration and endorsement by any committee of any covered bill and its eventual plenary approval.

Romualdez said that more bills might be included in the 30 priority bills under CLA in the coming months.

Senate vows swift action

Senate President Juan Miguel “Migz” Zubiri disclosed that Congress has agreed to pass at least six proposed measures within the year.

Zubiri said the proposed bills the Senate and House of Representatives agreed to prioritize are the National Disease Prevention Management Authority/Center for Disease Prevention and Control; Virology Science and Technology Institute of the Philippines and Mandatory Reserve Officers’ Training Corps.

Likewise, the Congress will also commit to passing legislative measures such as National Service Training Program; Amendments to the Build-Operate-Transfer Law, and Condonation of Unpaid Amortization and Interest on Loans of Agrarian Reform Beneficiaries, by year-end.

He called the LEDAC meeting a “success,” adding that it was “timely” as the Senate starts the deliberations for the proposed 2023 national budget of P5.268 trillion.

“It’s very timely that we had our first LEDAC right before the budget season. That is going to be taking up most of our time in the plenary once we resume the session, and we needed this LEDAC to identify the bills we must make room for alongside the budget,” he said. “This LEDAC was a success in that regard.”

“We have had a productive meeting where we reaffirmed our commitment to a common legislative agenda. We have pledged passage of bills which will accelerate our pandemic recovery, insulate our hardworking families from the inflationary fallout from global disruptions, and anchor our regions and sectors on stronger fundamentals to build resiliency and secure our future.”

Source: https://tribune.net.ph/2022/10/10/marcos-ledac-meeting-productive

Source: https://econgress.gov.ph/are-we-trampling-on-the-power-of-lgus-to-enact-ordinances/