JDV Asked Arroyo for Gov't. Reforms in 100 Days

[chua_riwap]

Sana nga pakinggan ni GMA si Tenga.


http://newsinfo.inquirer.net/topstor...ticle_id=96279

De Venecia Asks Arroyo for Initial Gov’t reforms in 100 Days

INQUIRER.net
10/23/2007

MANILA, Philippines -- Saying that political situation was reaching a “crisis point,” Speaker Jose de Venecia Jr. has given President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo 100 days to “complete initial reforms” that will address government‘s pressing problems of corruption and mass poverty.

In return, De Venecia has promised to subject all disbursements of the House of Representatives, including the countryside development fund (CDF) of its members, to the “strictest scrutiny.”

In an eight-page letter to the President dated October 20, De Venecia enumerated the three basic problems confronting the country that needed to be immediately addressed by the government: corruption, the “slow and uneven” economic growth, and mass poverty.

“Madame President, we urge you to signal your determination to use these two-and-a half years that remain of your tenure to lead this moral revolution in our public life by completing these initial reforms over these next 100 days,” he said. “Some of these reforms we know you have already begun to carry out. And we assure you, Madam President, that you can count on our House to do its part,” he said.

De Venecia said he was confident that Arroyo could still use the “immense powers” of the presidency to reverse the political situation, which was reaching a “crisis point” and could lead to another episode of social unrest.
“More and more Filipinos are rejecting not just individual politicians but the entire political system as hopelessly corrupt, morally tainted, and beyond saving,” he said.

“I continue to believe you as President you can still turn this imminent danger into a historic opportunity to create a new beginning for our country, and to instill a renewed sense of hope among our people,” he said.

To address the problem of corruption in government, De Venecia underscored the need for the President to take drastic steps, including the implementation of a thorough review and revamp of Cabinet and sub-Cabinet appointees “to weed out officials whose reputations have been impugned by malfeasance and scandal.”

He cited those appointees in the Bureau of Internal Revenue, the Bureau of Customs, the Philippine National Police, the Armed Forces of the Philippines, the regulatory agencies supervising air transport, energy telecommunications and the port authority, the leadership of public corporations, and all other state agencies. He said the President should also give up her power to appoint officials down to assistant-bureau-director level to start professionalizing the civil service.

De Venecia also proposed the appointment of non-politicians in the Commission on Elections and the implementation of full computerization of elections. De Venecia also proposed the creation of a high level Council on Moral Reform and National Renewal that would advise the presidency on top-level personnel changes and policy reforms, conduct independent assessments of critical national problems, among others.

To address the country’s economic problem, the Speaker urged Arroyo to focus on public investments in infrastructure, lending, and official development assistance to the poorest administrative regions; promote competition in all public utilities; streamline the Land Registration System and land use; liberalize trade in sugar and corn to raise foreign competitiveness, among others.

And to reduce the incidence of poverty, De Venecia proposed setting aside adequate funds for mass housing in the slums of Metro Manila and other big cities; earmarking a set of percentage of new money raised from the expanded value-added-tax for child nutrition and basic health care, etc; and ensuring education for all, especially the poor.

De Venecia vowed to undertake a similar exercise by ridding the House of “undesirable practices” and focusing more on the public business.

“We are determined to subject all House disbursements of public money to strictest scrutiny. Immediately, we will be re-examining the countryside development fund to prevent it from degenerating it into a ‘pork barrel program,’” he said.

“We will propose that all items in the CDF be itemized in line budget, publicized in full transparency, and subjected to public bidding, using the electronic-procurement law Congress has just passed,” he said.

[Syuryuken]

si tenga unang tatamaan diyan

[Flagg]

Sana nga pakinggan ni GMA si Tenga.

In return, De Venecia has promised to subject all disbursements of the House of Representatives, including the countryside development fund (CDF) of its members, to the “strictest scrutiny.”

Nyahaha, "strictest scrutiny" = "Saan hati ko?"

...“to weed out officials whose reputations have been impugned by malfeasance and scandal.”...

Abolish Congress?

...To address the country’s economic problem, the Speaker urged Arroyo to focus on public investments in infrastructure, lending, and official development assistance to the poorest administrative regions; promote competition in all public utilities; streamline the Land Registration System and land use; liberalize trade in sugar and corn to raise foreign competitiveness, among others...

Do I read additional Pork? :rofl:

Galing talaga ni Tenga.

[mazdamazda]

Scrap the pork barrel... give the money instead to the LGUs, DILG, DSWD, CHED, DoE, etc., and double the salary of PNP & AFP personnel.

:hysterical:

[baludoy]

this coming from the mouth of the original trapo?! :puke1:

[VtEC]

In return, De Venecia has promised to subject all disbursements of the House of Representatives, including the countryside development fund (CDF) of its members, to the “strictest scrutiny.”

huh? bakit ngayon lang yata nakapag isip itong mga tongressman nato after decades in the congress.tell that to the marines mr. speaker.

To address the problem of corruption in government, De Venecia underscored the need for the President to take drastic steps, including the implementation of a thorough review and revamp of Cabinet and sub-Cabinet appointees “to weed out officials whose reputations have been impugned by malfeasance and scandal.”

sama na din yong mga members ng congress na nagpunta sa palasyo para mabigyan ng pera

De Venecia vowed to undertake a similar exercise by ridding the House of “undesirable practices” and focusing more on the public business.

korek ka dyan mr. speaker.dapat pag may impeachment walang kinikilingan.palabasin kung ano ang totoo di yong me pinapanigan.wag maging bulag at pipi sa katotohanan

[Memphis Raines]

It's going to be another Pandak and Tenga show!

Sometimes I really get sick of them...

[claRkEnt]

medyo dumidistansya na si si JDV kay Pandak (pedophile kaya itong si GMA?)! nakakaamoy na to kaya playing safe na... i think malapit ka na Gloria!

[VtEC]

medyo dumidistansya na si si JDV kay Pandak (pedophile kaya itong si GMA?)! nakakaamoy na to kaya playing safe na... i think malapit ka na Gloria!

hula ko from dec 07 to the first quarter of 2008 talsik nayanif not di na muna ako uuwi

[oliver1013]

Hehehe parang bilyar, pume preparasyon sa sususnod na tira...