Senator Grace Poe called on Malacañang yesterday to certify the proposed emergency powers for the President as urgent for its immediate approval and enactment by Congress.
Poe, who filed Senate Bill No. 1284, an act compelling the government to address the transportation and congestion crisis through the grant of emergency powers to the President, said the fastest way the country’s traffic problem can be resolved is for the Palace to issue a certification declaring the measure a priority.
With only three weeks left before Congress adjourns for the holiday break starting December 16, the senator said the government should rush consideration and approval of the emergency powers bill to solve and fast track the implementation of projects aimed at overhauling key transport systems, particularly the Metro Rail Transit (MRT-3), to ease the traffic.
“Siguradong gagalaw ang emergency powers kung gagawin ng Malacañang na prayoridad ito at sesertipikahan para rin makatulong sa mabilis na pagpapatupad ng mga proyektong magpapaginhawa sa trapik, (I’m sure the emergency powers bill will move fast if Malacanang certifies it a priority so it can help enforce projects aimed at solving the traffic problem fast),” Poe said in a statement.
She said her committee recently met with officials of the Departments of Transportation (DOTr) and of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) and the Metropolitan Manila Development Authority (MMDA) to request the submission of their respective concrete plans to the plenary after tax reform and budget deliberations conclude.
All three agencies, according to Poe, have vowed to submit a comprehensive report on priority projects that will be implemented during the duration of the emergency powers before the session break.
“A certification of urgency will allow Congress to pass the measure on second and third reading within the same day,” she said, adding that a Palace certification is one way of compelling lawmakers to proceed with the bill.
Poe pointed out that it was President Duterte who first floated the idea during his first state of the nation address (SONA). But the topic was no longer mentioned again during his second SONA.
Once the President declares it as urgent, Poe said she is confident it would be taken as an imprimatur to prompt, not only the Senate leadership, but also for the House of Representatives to include the emergency powers bill in its priority agenda.
https://news.mb.com.ph/2017/11/27/poe-prioritize-emergency-powers-for-president-to-solve-traffic-woes/
Poe, who filed Senate Bill No. 1284, an act compelling the government to address the transportation and congestion crisis through the grant of emergency powers to the President, said the fastest way the country’s traffic problem can be resolved is for the Palace to issue a certification declaring the measure a priority.
With only three weeks left before Congress adjourns for the holiday break starting December 16, the senator said the government should rush consideration and approval of the emergency powers bill to solve and fast track the implementation of projects aimed at overhauling key transport systems, particularly the Metro Rail Transit (MRT-3), to ease the traffic.
“Siguradong gagalaw ang emergency powers kung gagawin ng Malacañang na prayoridad ito at sesertipikahan para rin makatulong sa mabilis na pagpapatupad ng mga proyektong magpapaginhawa sa trapik, (I’m sure the emergency powers bill will move fast if Malacanang certifies it a priority so it can help enforce projects aimed at solving the traffic problem fast),” Poe said in a statement.
She said her committee recently met with officials of the Departments of Transportation (DOTr) and of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) and the Metropolitan Manila Development Authority (MMDA) to request the submission of their respective concrete plans to the plenary after tax reform and budget deliberations conclude.
All three agencies, according to Poe, have vowed to submit a comprehensive report on priority projects that will be implemented during the duration of the emergency powers before the session break.
“A certification of urgency will allow Congress to pass the measure on second and third reading within the same day,” she said, adding that a Palace certification is one way of compelling lawmakers to proceed with the bill.
Poe pointed out that it was President Duterte who first floated the idea during his first state of the nation address (SONA). But the topic was no longer mentioned again during his second SONA.
Once the President declares it as urgent, Poe said she is confident it would be taken as an imprimatur to prompt, not only the Senate leadership, but also for the House of Representatives to include the emergency powers bill in its priority agenda.
https://news.mb.com.ph/2017/11/27/poe-prioritize-emergency-powers-for-president-to-solve-traffic-woes/
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