Press Release - Kapihan sa Senado with Senate Majority Leader Joel Villanueva

Senator Joel Villanueva (SJV): Magandang hapon po sa inyong lahat. Isang karangalan ang sa kauna-unahang pagkakataon ay maimbitahan sa Kapihan sa Senado. At muli, mapagpalang hapon po sa inyong lahat Let's get to work.

Cely: Sir, bago kami magtanong ng mga maiinit na issue tulad sa West Philippine Sea, two weeks from now, magre-resume na ho yung session. Ano po yung magiging priority ng Senate? Considering na almost one month lang yung inyong session at mag-a-adjourn sine die na, ano po yung inyong priorities at mga target na ma-approve?

SJV: True, no? At siyempre medyo maliit yung time, yung window to pass as much as we can, especially our priority measures. We are looking at least, siguro at least mga sampung bills na ready for President's signature before the SONA, so that it will become a law. Ilan po dyan ay nasa BICAM na, kagaya ng Philippine Maritime Zones Act, Real Property Valuation Assessment Reform Act, o yung RPVARA. Nandyan na rin po sa BICAM, itong Anti-Agricultural Economic Sabotage Act. Nandyan din po yung Self-Reliant Defense Posture Revitalization Act. So, yun po, yung mga nasa BICAM, and then, itong mga priority measures na we wanted to pass before the SONA, ay ito pong PENCAS, itong Philippine Ecosystem and Natural Capital Accounting System. Ayan po pala, sorry, yan po ay adapted na pala ng HOR, sorry, adopted na yan ng HOR, adapted na rin po yung Negros Island Region. Tapos, nais namin ipasa, itong AFASA, yung Anti-Financial Accounts Scamming Act, yung napakahalagang New Government Procurement Act, na nasa period of interpellations pa rin, yung AFASA naman ho, nasa period of amendments na po tayo, yun pong Blue Economy Act, at tingin namin, kaya namin maipasa po yan, and then, of course, yung binanggit natin kahapon with our friends from the Senate Media, yung kahalagahan ng Enterprise-Based Education and Training Framework Act. Ito po ay mismong pinakiusap sa atin ng ating Pangulo, na maipasa ho natin sa lalong madaling panahon, and he asked both Congress to look into it and prioritize the passage of this particular measure. So, yun po, tingin ko yung, I already mentioned, I think, 10 or 11, na nakikita po natin na magiging ready, for