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FMJ pushing for passage of 28 bills
By Nidz Godino
“We are strengthening our efforts to improve collection of revenues by ensuring ease of paying taxes, accelerating digitalization programs, improving non-tax revenue collections and pushing for privatization of government assets that will lead to operational efficiency and higher investment returns,” President Ferdinand Marcos Jr is seeking the passage of at least 28 measures aimed at sustaining economic growth, addressing poverty, ensuring food security and maintaining peace and order and ratification of four conventions on safe use of nuclear energy.
Bills and nuclear-related agreements were listed in technical report for Marcos’ third State of the Nation Address (SONA), provided detailed discussion of government’s programs on economy, food and water security, social development, environment, national security, peace and prosperity and good governance.
To achieve its goal of advancing economic transformation and growth, Marcos administration is calling for passage of proposed Corporate Recovery and Tax Incentives for Enterprises to Maximize Opportunities for Reinvigorating Economy or CREATE MORE Act, fourth package of Comprehensive Tax Reform Program, bill imposing excise tax on single-use plastics, motor vehicle users’ tax, value added tax on digital services and rationalization of mining fiscal regime.
FMJ listed eight measures that seek to benefit agriculture and water sectors, namely proposed National Land Use Act, Anti-Agricultural Economic Sabotage Act, amendments to Rice Tariffication Law, amendments to Cooperative Code, amendments to Fisheries Code, proposed Blue Economy Act, bill on farm-to-market road development acceleration and bill creating Department of Water Resources.
To boost efforts to protect environment, ensure sustainable energy future and make Philippines climate-resilient, Marcos called on Congress to ensure immediate passage of proposed amendments to Electric Power Industry Reform Act or EPIRA, waste-to-energy bill, nuclear energy bill and Philippine downstream natural gas industry bill.
Marcos is also pushing for passage of three measures that seek to bolster Philippines’ territorial integrity, namely proposed Philippine Coast Guard Modernization Act; Philippine maritime zones bill and the Philippine Archipelagic Sea Lanes Act.
He likewise urged Congress to pass amended Philippine Immigration Act to “strike balance between protecting country’s borders and encouraging our friends and allies to travel to and invest in the Philippines” and proposed Self-Reliant Defense Posture Revitalization Act to enhance country’s overall defense posture.
Government’s plans on digital transformation and good governance, the President stressed, would be strengthened through passage of bill on National Government Rightsizing Program, New Government Auditing Code, proposed Konektadong Pinoy Act or Open Access on Data Transmission Act, proposed E-Governance Act and budget modernization bill.
Also mentioned in SONA technical report was the new Government Procurement Reform Act, which was signed into law last Saturday.
Marcos is also pursuing ratification of nuclear-related conventions to help facilitate adoption of nuclear energy in the Philippines, namely Convention on Nuclear Safety, Joint Convention on Safety of Spent Fuel Management and on Safety of Radioactive Waste Management; Protocol to Amend Vienna Convention on Civil Liability for Nuclear Damage and Convention on Supplementary Compensation for Nuclear Damage.
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