A TOTAL of 57 incoming lawmakers received their certificate of completion after finishing their seminar on legislation Monday.
The lawmakers attended the three-day Executive Course on Legislation for members of the 19th Congress. The seminar was organized by the House of Representatives, in partnership with the University of the Philippines National College of Public Administration and Governance (UP-NCPAG) Center for Policy and Executive Development (CPED).
During the closing program, presumptive Speaker Ferdinand Martin Romualdez thanked and congratulated the participants for taking their time out to attend the seminar, saying this would make the 19th Congress the most productive one, the most successful one in espousing the legislative agenda of the Marcos presidency.
Secretary General Mark Llandro Mendoza told the graduates to use the information they received during the seminar. He said the seminar may have been a “short three days but rest assured magagamit at malaking tulong sa mga priority measures ng ating Pangulong Bongbong Marcos”.
Professor Dan Saguil, Associate Professor and Dean of UP-NCPAG believed the executive course on legislation made the lawmakers become aware of the wide range of development issues and challenges that they face,“understanding not only the technical and economic aspects, but also the legal and social parameters which are key to effective legislation and public governance.”
As a tradition, two lawmakers were asked to give their reflection on the seminar. Rep. Jose Alvarez (2nd District, Palawan) expressed his appreciation to the organizers for conducting the seminar, saying what they learned during the seminar would help them in passing bills on the national economy.
Rep. Sandro Marcos (1st District, Ilocos Norte) thanked the staff from UP for taking the time in educating the lawmakers into the proper procedures of legislation on how to be better public servants. He also thanked the House Secretariat for working so hard to make the seminar a possibility. “I think us lawmakers have a lot to learn from them not just the legislative process. These classes are a conscious effort by the Secretariat to provide an impetus towards us lawmakers to hopefully come to grips as quickly as possible with the large amount of information that we will be processing in the next few weeks,” he said.
