Davao City Representative Karlo Alexei Nograles has rejected a proposal to transfer the supervision of the government’s Witness Protection Program (WPP) from the Department of Justice to the courts, saying that the move would compromise the integrity and impartiality of the country’s justice system.
An impeachment complaint against President Benigno Aquino III to make him accountable for his role in the Disbursement Acceleration Program (DAP) will get nowhere, Dasmarinas City Representative Elpidio Barzaga Jr. said.
Speaker Feliciano Belmonte Jr. said amending the restrictive economic provisions of the Constitution has become even more urgent now that the Philippines needs to sustain its positive growth rate and cement its position as a major hub for foreign investments in Southeast Asia.
Representative Ma. Theresa Bonoan (4th district, Manila) is urging the Congress to pass a law that would create an office devoted to conducting research on the health of Filipino women.
The creation of two Sandiganbayan special divisions to exclusively handle cases involving anomalies in the use of the Priority Development Assistance Fund (PDAF) could result in inconsistent and opposing rulings, Cavite Rep. Elpidio Barzaga Jr. warned.