Crisis response committees nakatakdang magpulong para sa patuloy na pagtaas ng presyo ng langis

NAKATAKDANG magpulong sa Abril 8 ang 13 committees bilang crisis response sa patuloy na pagtaas ng presyo ng langis.

Ito ay pagkatapos palawigin ni Speaker Faustino “Bojie” G. Dy III sa 13 ang bilang ng House committees na naatasan na magsagawa ng isang unified legislative response para sa mga oil price crisis dala ng tumitinding Middle East conflict.

Sinabi ni Dy na layon ng pagdinig na masiguro ang koordinasyon sa Executive at makabuo ng konkretong hakbang para dito.

“The objective of these hearings is to work with our partners in the Executive to identify solutions, not point fingers. We want to hear directly from our economic managers and frontline agencies so we have the information we need to come with measures that can help our people cope with the impact of the Middle East conflict,” pahayag nito.

Sinabi ni House Committee on Ways and Means chair at Marikina City Rep. Miro Quimbo na nabuo ang grupo matapos ang isinagawang initial emergency meeting na ipinatawag ni Speaker sa ilang pangunahing committee leaders.

“Ang sole purpose is really to have an orchestrated and unified response on the part of the House para harapin at tingnan kung ano ang mga pwede nating magawa on an urgent basis para ma-address natin itong oil price crisis,” ani Quimbo.

Ayon pa sa mambabatas, limang komite ang inisyal na kasama na magsagawa ng emergency discussions —Ways and Means, Labor, Agriculture and Food, Energy, at Foreign Affairs — bago ito pinalawig ng Speaker.

Kasama sa 13 komite ang Energy, Agriculture, Aquaculture and Fisheries, Foreign Affairs, Ways and Means, Labor, Transportation, Information and Communications Technology, Economic Affairs, Social Services, Trade and Industry, Overseas Workers Affairs, at Appropriations.
(Vina de Guzman)