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Solon welcomes Cabinet’s support for economic Cha-cha
MANILA – Cagayan de Oro
City 2nd District Rep. Rufus Rodriguez on Wednesday said he is inspired by the growing support for the amendment of the Constitution’s economic provision among members of the Cabinet of President Ferdinand Marcos Jr.
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He said Finance Secretary Benjamin Diokno was the latest Cabinet member who supported the House of Representatives' move to rewrite the 1987 Constitution’s restrictive economic provisions.
“We are heartened by Secretary Diokno’s supportive statement. He is an influential voice in the administration and in the business community,” he said.
Rodriguez, chairman of the Senate Committee on Constitutional Amendments, said five Cabinet members have previously submitted their position papers to his panel upon his request in the previous public hearings.
He said the position papers came from Trade and Industry Secretary Alfredo Pascual, National Economic and Development Authority Director-General Alfredo Balisacan, Interior and Local Government Secretary Benhur Abalos, Social Welfare and Development Secretary Rex Gatchalian and Foreign Affairs
Secretary Enrique Manalo.
Pascual told the panel that recently-enacted laws provide some space for liberalization in certain sectors of the economy such as foreign investment, retail trade and telecommunications.
“However, we still note that several foreign equity restrictions are still enshrined in the Constitution, rather in an investment law or sectoral legislation, which actually makes economic reform more challenging…I think we’re the only two countries (the other is Myanmar) that have economic restrictions, foreign (investment) limitations that are enshrined in the Constitution,” he said.
For his part, Balisacan said NEDA would be open to revisiting or amending the restrictive economic provisions “in line with, of course, the goal of propelling our growth, projecting our global position upward.”
Abalos said the DILG has written its Core Constitutional Reform Handbook which advocates Charter amendments, including “liberalizing citizenship-based restrictions on foreign direct investment.”
Gatchalian said: “We believe that amending the Constitution is timely and necessary, particularly the economic provisions that are already outdated and are no longer in the context of the present economic situation.”
“A lot of foreigners want to retire in our country, but they want to own their retirement home. They end up, more often than not, marrying a Filipina, as a workaround. They want to own an investment, it’s very difficult for them,” Manalo said.
Rodriguez said local government units grouped under the Union of Local Authorities of the Philippines led by Quirino Governor Dakila Cua, have also supported the House initiative.
“Whether through the process of a constituent assembly or constitutional convention, we can clearly see that some changes are necessary to address the various challenges the country is facing,” Cua said.
Rodriguez said the economic team of former President Rodrigo Duterte, led by then Finance Secretary Carlos Dominguez, had likewise backed efforts to change the Charter’s economic provisions.
On March 6, the House of Representatives voted to approve on the third and final reading Resolution of Both Houses No. 6 calling for a hybrid constitutional convention (con-con) that would propose amendments to the economic provisions of the Constitution. (PNA)
The Tech4ED project is among major programs of the DICT that aims to establish e-centers in areas with limited internet access.
“To encourage the public to register their SIMs, the DICT continues to collaborate with LGUs in spreading awareness and information. For far-flung areas and isolated locations, the DICT is working with the National Telecommunications Commission to facilitate SIM registration,” Lamentilo said.
The DICT, headed by Secretary Ivan John Uy, continues to remind the public to register their SIMs through the official portals of their respective telecoms.
Lamentillo said the DICT expects an increase in SIM registration in the next four weeks, with the April 26 cutoff nearing.
She admitted that the government has yet to decide whether it would extend the procedure as it expressed belief that Filipinos will flock to the registration portals before the deadline.
The DICT plans to convene on the possible extension of SIM registration a week before the April 26 deadline, she said.
Announcing an adjustment in the deadline as early as now will discourage subscribers from registering their SIMs soonest.
“As soon as the interagency group has decided, we will let the public know. As of now, we don’t look at that option [extension] seriously,” Lamentillo said. “We still have one month and a lot can happen in one month and we want to maximize the period to see where it will lead us.”
The DICT is committed to sustain its efforts to provide assisted registration in areas where residents are having difficulty accessing the internet.
“I think we will have a sudden surge of SIM registrants toward the end, although we would like to remind everyone that they should register ahead of the deadline,”
Lamentillo said.
“What we can assure you is that we are going to geographically isolated and disadvantaged areas to assist in SIM registration. We expect most of the late registrants to come from urban centers,” she added.
Lamentillo advised telco providers to no longer improve the package of incentives that they give out upon registration of SIM.
She expressed belief that telco players have given enough, from freebies of internet data to raffling of concert tickets, to encourage users to register. g
Pagpapalathala: ika-23 ng Marso at ika-30 ng Marso, 2023 TAG: Paunawa sa Maaga’ng Pagboto, Espesyal na Halalan,Tagalog
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