Philippines spent ₱35.2 Billion for 1 nonsense law RA 10632 in 2013. Cha-cha to Abolish unproductive CONGRESS

 

Charter Change to- Federal System

• Abolish unproductive congress
• Speedup abolition of Pork Barrel (PDAF and DAF)
• To empower states and provinces for viable economic growth

 

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'Time to abolish unproductive Congress!' – lawyer

 

For just one minor legislation passed by Congress, taxpayers spent a whopping ₱35.2 billion, lawyer Romulo Macalintal said.

 

"The very dismal performance of our legislators in 2013 with only one insignificant law enacted for that year with a whopping ₱35.2 Billion budget is enough justification to call for a charter change to abolish Congress and let the provincial governors and mayors of highly urbanized cities to form the legislative assembly," he said.

 

He said the minor legislation was in the form of a one-page document: Republic Act 10632 or the suspension of the 2013 Sangguniang Kabataan elections.

 

"Despite Congress' high-profile investigations it conducted in previous years 'in aid of legislation', no significant or relevant laws have been enacted as a result of such legislative inquiries," he said.

 

Congress passed the 2014 budget in December, but it could not be considered an accomplishment, he said, since it is Congress' obligation.

 

Even then, the constitution provides that if Congress fails to pass the budget law for a particular year, the budget for the preceding year is "deemed reenacted and shall remain in force and effect," he said.

 

"With such a cheerless and disheartening accomplishments of our legislators where we spent billions and billions of pesos for their salaries and allowances, some of which could not even be audited as the same are justified by mere 'certification of expenditure' without any receipt, time is of the essence that we now give serious consideration in amending our constitution with the abolition of Congress as its first priority," he said.

 

He added charter change is also a shortcut to totally abolishing the pork barrel, instead of waiting for the tedious process at the Supreme Court.

 

He said even the decisions of the high court are ignored by lawmakers.

 

"The gigantic savings that would be generated when Congress is abolished could be properly channeled to augment the much needed rehabilitation of the areas in the Visayan region badly hit by typhoon Yolanda and other worthy projects of the government," he said. – ABS-CBN News

 

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Awaken Philippines of China’s threat: Realized the need of 6 Frigates; to Acquire 2 more Warships from USA

 

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Philippines seeks more US navy ships amid China threat

 

The Philippines wants to acquire two more navy ships from the United States to boost its maritime protection amid threats from China, the country's military chief said Wednesday.

 

The new acquisitions would come under the fresh US military assistance announced by US Secretary of State John Kerry when he visited the Philippines last month, armed forces chief of staff General Emmanuel Bautista said.

 

"Within the last year, we realized that there is a real threat out there in terms of securing, defending our territory," Bautista told ANC television.

 

He said that ideally the country needed about six more frigates to guard its long coastline effectively.

 

"In fact, we are bidding now for two frigates, hopefully we will be able to acquire them in (a) couple of years," Bautista said.

 

He said he has made "maritime domain awareness" and protection a key concern of his leadership.

 

The funds used to boost maritime defense, he said, would come from the $40 million military assistance pledged by Kerry in December.

 

The Philippines has already acquired two refurbished American frigates in the past two years, and they now lead patrols in the South China Sea.

 

The Philippines, a long-time US military ally, has been locked in an increasingly tense standoff with China involving disputed reefs and islands in an area Manila calls the West Philippine Sea.

 

In 2012, the flagship BRP Gregorio del Pilar, the first acquired from the US, confronted Chinese ships on Scarborough Shoal, a small outcrop just off the coast of the country's main island of Luzon.

 

The Chinese eventually gained control of the outcrop after Manila backed down. However, the government sought UN arbitration to settle the dispute, a move rejected by China.

 

Manila has also increasingly looked to the US for help, and negotiations are ongoing for an increased rotational presence of American soldiers in the Philippines as part of Washington's "pivot" to Asia.

 

Bautista said the Gregorio del Pilar, as well as another frigate that arrived last year, have been deployed to protect the country's waters.

 

"There are Chinese fishing vessels in the West Philippine Sea as we speak," he said, but declined to say where they were in the disputed waters.

 

China claims nearly all of the South China Sea, including waters near the coast of its neighbours.

 

Recently, it has declared an "air defence identification zone" over the East China Sea where it is engaged in a dispute with Japan.

 

Kerry has warned China against imposing a similar restriction over the South China Sea, and said the US government also rejected the zone over the East China Sea.

 

Last week China also announced a new fisheries law requiring foreign vessels to seek permits for activities in much of the South China Sea, in another move that triggered angry protests from Manila. – MSN News

 

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