HOUSE Majority Leader Manuel Jose Dalipe today said the House of Representatives will stay the course in its commitment to pass the priority measures of President Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr. and the Legislative-Executive Development Advisory Council (LEDAC) and ignore all forms of distractions that will only slow them down in fulfilling their mandate.
According to Dalipe, the House leadership led by Speaker Ferdinand Martin Romualdez is wasting no time in its preparation for President Marcos’ State of the Nation Address next month and in setting the legislative direction of the House in the 2nd regular session of the 19th Congress.
Dalipe vowed that the House under the Romualdez leadership will work double harder to carry out their mandate to pass laws that are direly needed to jumpstart the country’s economy and uplift the lives of the country’s poor.
Dalipe noted that Romualdez managed to secure multi-partisan support that saw the passage of priority measures at a record-breaking pace.
“The House of Representatives will not be slowed down by premature partisanship. All these political rumblings are unnecessary distractions that will only brake our momentum in ensuring the swift passage of President Marcos’ priority measures and those that were approved by LEDAC. We have a commitment to the Filipino people that we will do even better on this second regular session,” Dalipe said.
Dalipe said that through Speaker Romualdez’s leadership, the House achieved unprecedented success in passing measures that will have a direct impact on the life of ordinary Filipinos. Out of 42 LEDAC-listed measures, 33 were approved by the House which also processed a total of 9,600 bills and resolutions.
“Right now, the House is in the thick of preparations for President Marcos’ second State of the Nation Address as we also prepare to receive from Malacanang next year’s proposed National Expenditure Program. Our hands are full in the House of Representatives so we cannot afford to squander our time on useless partisan bickering,” Dalipe said.
