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Published February 16, 2021, 4:35 PM
The House Committee on Revision of Laws approved on Tuesday, February 16, a draft bill that would institutionalize a Congress-attached “Code Commission of the Philippines” to compile and organize all of the existing laws in the Philippines for swift consultation and review.
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The unnumbered bill, to be called the proposed “2021 Code Commission Act of the Philippines” consolidated the House Bill Nos. 2764 and 1550 filed by Cagayan de Oro representative and House Deputy Speaker Rufus Rodriguez, Ako Bicol Party List Representatives Alfredo Garbin Jr. and Elizaldy Co, respectively.
“While our country has sufficient laws, they are not fully implemented, and are often violated because many of our fellowmen are not aware of the existence of certain laws,” Rodriguez said in his bill.
Published February 11, 2021, 3:35 PM
President Duterte’s order to defer the implementation of the Child Safety in Motor Vehicles Act (Republic Act No. 11229) is a welcome news but this would require a new law to be enforced, House Deputy Speaker Rufus Rodriguez said on Thursday, February 11.
Cagayan de Oro City Rep. Rufus Rodriguez
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“It’s Congress that passed the law requiring child car seats, and it’s Congress that can suspend its implementation,” Rodriguez raised in a statement, even as he lauded Duterte’s decision to suspend the so-called child car seat law.
He also said that a joint resolution from the House or Representatives and the Senate will not suffice since the Supreme Court (SC) previously ruled that such piece of legislation cannot prevail over a law.
Cagayan de Oro City Rep. Rufus Rodriguez
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The Cagayan de Oro second district representative in a statement said this applies to any chief executive of the country, noting that the Charter does not provide for their participation in the constitutional amendments.
“The Charter does not give the President any role in the process of proposing and ratifying constitutional amendments. It is Congress, as a constituent assembly (Con-Ass), or an elected constitutional convention that proposes and the people ratify or reject the proposals. These are the first two Cha-cha modes under the Constitution,” said Rodriguez, who previously chaired the House Committee on Constitutional Amendments.
House Deputy Speaker Rufus Rodriguez is calling on the national government to allow local government units (LGUs) to directly procure vaccines against COVID-19 from manufacturers.