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Nobody among the lawmakers present raised any objection to the second reading approval of the bill which is expected to be presented for final reading and voting next week
Quezon City Rep. Jesus “Bong” Suntay, chairman of the House Committee on Human Rights, lauded the House leadership for directing the swift plenary approval of House Bill No. 8243 or the Equality and Non Discrimination on Race, Ethnicity and Religion Act.
Suntay said the bill contains a number of provisions common among five legislative proposals filed on the subject.
Among the authors are Reps. Amihilda Sangcopan (Anak Mindanao); Cheryl Deloso-Montalla (NUP, Zambales), Edgar Aglipay (DIWA Partylist); and Jose Christopher Belmonte (LP, Quezon City).
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Deputy Minority Leader and Bayan Muna Rep. Carlos Zarate said the recent flak received by the military for falsely accusing several University of the Philippines alumni as being members of the New People’s Army has triggered the need to determine how billions of pesos in intelligence and confidential funds are being spent by state security agencies.
On the other hand, Quezon City Rep. Jesus “Bong” Suntay, said red tagging and directly linking individuals as members of communist organizations does not, in any way, justify intelligence fund disbursements.
“The penchant of our military and police personnel of publishing list of individuals tagged as member of the New People’s Army must stop. Clearly the intention is to show that with the intel funds they have accomplished their job,” said Suntay, chairman of the House Committee on Human Rights.
The House Committee on Human Rights has proposed imprisonment and fine against persons found guilty of racism or any act of discrimination committed on the basis of color, descent, religion, national, or ethnic origin of another person, including prejudice of portraying the victim in advertisement,
Published January 18, 2021, 1:25 PM
The House Committee on Good Government and Public Accountability on Monday asked the Development Bank of the Philippines (DPB) and the Lopez Group of companies to submit within one month the copies of loan agreements and all relevant documents regarding the alleged condonation or write-off.
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The House panel, chaired by DIWA partylist Rep. Michael Edgar Aglipay, gave in to the request of DUMPTER PTDA partylist Rep. Claudine Diana Bautista to ask the concerned camps to submit all the relevant documents, including a copy of the corporate rehabilitation plan.
“I manifest that we can request a position paper or any document coming from SPV (Special Purpose Vehicle) Group and we can study their documents for the next hearing regarding this matter and also the contracts with the DBP covering the loans of Lopez Group,” Bautista said.
Published December 22, 2020, 3:21 PM
The chairman of the House Committee on Human Rights condemned in the strongest and unequivocal terms Tuesday the broad daylight murder of 52-year-old mother Sonya Gregorio and her son, Frank Anthony, by Police Senior Master Sgt. Jonel Nuezca in Paniqui, Tarlac last Sunday.
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Quezon City Rep. Jesus “Bong” Suntay, committee chairman, issued the statement even as the Makabayan bloc called on the chamber, through the panel, to condemn the twin murders.
In a resolution, the six Makabayan lawmakers representing various partylist groups called on the panel to conduct an investigation into the “continuing police brutality in the country.”