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Romualdez won't let 'extraneous noise' hamper House's work

Published Oct 12, 2023 05:09 am

At A Glance

  • The House of Representatives under Speaker Martin Romualde is determined to cast aside "extraneous noise" in its bid to complete President Marcos' legislative agenda. 

FB_IMG_1658748453999.jpgHouse Speaker Martin Romualdez (Facebook)

The House of Representatives is determined to cast aside "extraneous noise" in its bid to complete President Marcos' legislative agenda.

Thus, said House Speaker Martin Romualdez, who on Thursday, Oct. 12 thanked Filipinos for showing their continued satisfaction over the legislative chamber's performance, as reflected by the results of the Pulso ng Pilipino tracking survey.

"I am mighty humbled by the feedback of our kababayans on the work that the House has produced the past few weeks. We in the House will show our gratitude to Filipinos by working at an even higher pace to close out the year," Romualdez said in a statement.

"We are hyperfocused on completing the legislative master plan of President Ferdinand 'Bongbong' R. Marcos Jr., no matter the extraneous noise that come our way," added the Leyte 1st district representative.

"Wala po kaming balak tumigil sa pagtatrabaho upang makamit natin ang inaasam na magandang bukas (We don't have any plans of stopping in our quest to achieve a better tomorrow)," he further said.

The leader of the 300-plus strong House of Representatives was referring to the results of the Pulso ng Pilipino tracking survey of The Issues and Advocacy Center (The CENTER).

Figures from the survey, which was carried out during the period of September 23 to 30, showed that Romualdez’s net satisfaction rating for the third quarter of 2023 rose by 5 percentage points to 60 percent (70 percent satisfied, 10 percent dissatisfied), when compared to the second quarter (55 percent net satisfaction rating).

Last Tuesday, former president Rodrigo Duterte linked Romualdez and the whole of Congress to alleged misuse of public funds. Duterte said that Congress needed to be audited for transparency

The House leadership responded Wednesday by releasing a Commission on Audit (COA) report dated Oct. 2, 2023, which said that the House had no disallowances, no notice of suspension, and no notice of charge.

The CENTER said that Romualdez’s score in the third quarter survey was "the highest performance rating posted by an incumbent Speaker in the history of the lower House".

The CENTER further said that Romualdez and Senate President Juan Miguel Zubiri are credited for leading their respective chambers in support of the legislative agenda of the administration.

The survey period covered the House's passage on third and final reading of the P5.768-trillion General Appropriations Bill (GAB) or proposed national budget for 2024 last Sept. 27.

That same day, Speaker Romualdez announced that the House passed on third and final reading all 20 Legislative Executive Development Advisory Council (LEDAC) priority bills targeted for approval by both Houses of Congress by the end of December 2023.

This meant that the Romualdez-led chamber finished its task three months ahead of schedule.

Although the House is currently on a five-week recess, the leadership has allowed committees to hold hearings so they may continue to hold briefings on various issues and tackle important measures.

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