Sotto: Senate keen on passing IPC bill by January
At A Glance
- The Senate leader made the assurance after the IPC bill was identified as one of the four priority measures during the Legislative-Executive Development Advisory Council's meeting in Malacañang earlier today.
Senate President Vicente “Tito” Sotto III said the Senate is keen on passing the proposed Independent People’s Commission (IPC) by January next year.
Sotto, in an interview on Tuesday, December 9, said they hope to finish deliberations on the bill before the Christmas break.
The Senate leader made the assurance after the IPC bill was identified as one of the four priority measures during the Legislative-Executive Development Advisory Council’s meeting in Malacañang.
“We’ll do a fast break move…and maybe it can be approved by January,” Sotto said, who filed Senate Bill No. 1512, which contains provisions for the proposed IPC.
The IPC bill is currently pending on the Senate floor; its counterpart measure in the House of Representatives, however, has yet to reach plenary deliberations.
Contrary to earlier reports that President Marcos was not keen on certifying the bill as urgent, Sotto said the Chief Executive “wants it.”
“He wants it, as a matter of fact, he made many suggestions. I wrote down, we wrote down some of his suggestions and we’re going to incorporate it,” he said.
According to Sotto, Palace Press Officer Claire Castro also clarified what she said the other day where she said the President is not inclined to certify the bill as urgent.
“She said her statement was taken out of context by the media. That’s why we need to be very careful,” he said.
“As a matter of fact, the bill was included in the legislative agenda today,” he stressed.