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Rightsizing, economy tackled in first LEDAC meet with Marcos

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Raffy Cabristante, ABS-CBN News

<div class="embed-wrap"><figure data-feedback="fb:likes,fb:comments"><img alt="President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. heads the first LEDAC meeting under his administration on Oct. 10, 2022. Office of the Press Secretary/Twitter" src="https://sa.kapamilya.com/absnews/abscbnnews/media/2022/life/10/10/20221010-pbbm.jpg"/><figcaption>President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. heads the first LEDAC meeting under his administration on Oct. 10, 2022. <em>Office of the Press Secretary/Twitter</em></figcaption></figure></div><p>MANILA (UPDATE) — The Legislative Executive Development Advisory Council (LEDAC) on Monday convened for the first time under President Ferdinand Marcos Jr.&#x27;s administration.</p><p>In a statement, the Office of the Press Secretary (OPS) said Marcos met with the 20-member council to discuss priority measures that he earlier laid out in his State of the Nation Address (SONA) last July.</p><p>After the meeting, the Senate and House of Representatives agreed to pass at least 30 priority bills as part of their common legislative agenda (CLA).</p><p>Twenty of these bills were mentioned in Marcos&#x27; SONA, namely: </p><ul>	<li>The Valuation Reform Bill</li>	<li>Passive Income and Financial Intermediary Taxation Act (PIFITA)</li>	<li>E-Governance Act</li>	<li>E-Government Act</li>	<li>Internet Transaction Act</li>	<li>Government Financial Institutions Unified Initiatives to Distressed Enterprises for Economic Recovery (GUIDE) bill</li>	<li>Medical Reserve Corps bill</li>	<li>National Disease Prevention Management Authority bill</li>	<li>Virology Institute of the Philippines bill</li>	<li>Unified System of Separation, Retirement and Pension bill</li>	<li>Department of Water Resources bill</li>	<li>National Land Use Act</li>	<li>Mandatory Reserve Officers’ Training Corps (ROTC) and National Service Training Program</li>	<li>Budget Modernization bill</li>	<li>National Government Rightsizing Program</li>	<li>National Defense Act</li>	<li>Enactment of an Enabling Law for the Natural Gas Industry</li>	<li>Amendments to the Electric Power Industry Reform Act</li>	<li>Amendments to the Build-Operate-Transfer Law</li>	<li>Condonation of Unpaid Amortization and Interests of Loans of Agrarian Reform Beneficiaries</li></ul><p>Other bills classified by both the Senate and House of Representatives as congressional priorities included the following: </p><ul>	<li>Establishment of Regional Specialty Hospitals</li>	<li>Magna Carta of Filipino Seafarers</li>	<li>Establishing the Negros Island Region</li>	<li>New Philippine Passport Act</li>	<li>Waste-to-Energy Bill</li>	<li>Apprenticeship Act</li>	<li>Providing Free Legal Assistance for Military and Uniformed Personnel</li>	<li>Magna Carta of Barangay Health Workers</li>	<li>Creation of the Leyte Ecological Industrial Zone</li>	<li>Creation of the Eastern Visayas Development Authority</li></ul><p>In a separate statement, House Speaker Martin Romualdez said 2 other priorities were ticked off the list: the SIM Card Registration Act, which Marcos signed into law immediately after the LEDAC meeting; and the postponement of the December 2022 Barangay and Sangguniang Kabataan polls, which is waiting for the President&#x27;s approval. </p><p>“The House and the Senate will give these [30] measures utmost priority. President Marcos clearly spelled out a roadmap of governance in the next six years for economic recovery, with agriculture as the major engine for growth and employment,” Romualdez said.</p><p>Chaired by the President, LEDAC&#x27;s members include the Vice President, 7 members of the Cabinet, 3 senators, 3 members of the House of Representatives, a representative of local government units (LGUs), a representative from the youth sector, and a representative from the private sector.</p><p>The council serves as consultative and advisory body to the President, giving him advice on certain programs and policies related to the administration&#x27;s goals on the national economy.</p><p>A political science expert had earlier urged Marcos to make use of LEDAC to make legislation more efficient under his presidency.</p><ul class="op-related-articles">	<li><a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/news/07/25/22/marcos-urged-to-use-ledac-to-make-legislation-more-efficient">Marcos urged to use LEDAC to make legislation more efficient</a></li></ul><p>The LEDAC has met 115 times since its creation in 1992 by the late President Fidel V. Ramos.</p><p>According to its website, the body met 83 times during the Ramos administration, 4 times under the Estrada administration, 23 times under the Arroyo administration, twice during the Aquino administration, and thrice under former President Rodrigo Duterte.</p><p>— With a report from RG Cruz, ABS-CBN News</p><div><strong>FROM THE ARCHIVES:</strong></div><figure class="op-interactive"><iframe height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/0tdAHXz_s04?enablejsapi=1" width="560"></iframe></figure><div class="iwantbar">Watch more News on <a href="https://www.iwanttfc.com/#!/browse/Genres/News/tag_id_genres/id_news" target="_blank">iWantTFC</a></div>

The Legislative Executive Development Advisory Council (LEDAC) on Monday convened for the first time under the Marcos Jr. administration.

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Rightsizing, economy tackled in first LEDAC meet with Marcos

Raffy Cabristante,

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Published Oct 10, 2022 12:46 PM PHT

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Updated Oct 10, 2022 01:52 PM PHT

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