by Dang Samson-Garcia
Taas-noo si Senate President Vicente “Tito” Sotto III sa kooperasyon at camaraderie ng mga senador kaya’t itinuturing nitong highly-efficient ang performance ng Senado ngayong taon.
“2018 has been a very prolific year for the Senate, in terms of the number of bills that we had passed into law, along with those pending in the advanced stages of legislation, and the quality and importance of these laws. It is all to the credit of the entire Senate as an institution,” saad ni Sotto.
Ipinagmalaki ni Sotto ang pag-apruba nila sa 95 na panukala na naging ganap na batas habang 85 pang enrolled bill ang naghihintay ng lagda ni Pangulong Rodrigo Duterte.
Nasa 19 pang panukala ang naka-pending sa bicameral conference committee at 45 ang aprubado na sa third at final reading.
“Swift action was taken by the Senate without sacrificing the keen and prolonged debates on most of these very important bills,” diin ni Sotto.
Marami aniya ang kanilang naaprubahang panukala dahil sa “good cooperation” ng lahat ng miyembro ng Senado kahit anumang partido kabilang.
“The senators, from both the Senate Majority and Minority blocs, have been very cooperative and very active in relation to our legislative work,” pahayag pa nito.
Ilan sa ipinagmamalaki ni Sotto ang Bangsamoro Organic Law (BOL), Philippine Identification System Act, Filipino Sign Language Act, National Payment Systems Act, Personal Property Security Act, at ‘Kalusugan at Nutrisyon ng Mag-Nanay Act.’
“The people I work in tandem with have spent years in Congress so we really have a good rapport, including the Senate Minority Leader. Experience, cooperation, and camaraderie goes a long way,” dagdag pa ng senador.