Manila 6th District Rep. Bienvenido Abante, Jr. pitched a lineup of proposed measures forming part of his committee’s legislative priorities in the 19th Congress that “would definitely bear the mark of a rights-based approach to legislation.”
Manila 6th District Rep. Bienvenido Abante, Jr. on Tuesday, Nov. 15, pitched a lineup of proposed measures forming part of his committee’s legislative priorities in the 19th Congress that “would definitely bear the mark of a rights-based approach to legislation.”
The legislative agenda of the committee, according to Abante, would reflect a rights-based approach to legislation that seeks to address issues such as extra judicial killings, the red-tagging of human rights advocates, disinformation campaigns, and many other forms of human rights violations in the country.
The two-time House committee chair said that he has not and will not “tolerate any act, directly or indirectly, which transgresses human rights.” At the meeting, Abante also thanked major government stakeholders “for their tireless efforts in support of human rights legislation” and for their active participation in the committee’s meetings and activities in the previous Congress.
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