For 2022, Sen. Juan Miguel “Migz” Zubiri said senators were able to lay down the foundations for an effective and productive Senate since the start of the 19th Congress in July.
This year, the Filipino people saw how the son and namesake of the late President Ferdinand Marcos won the country’s presidency by a landslide. The shift in the Philippines’ political landscape was undoubtedly a reversal of fortunes that may have come as a shock to some sectors.
The rest of the senators identified themselves as part of a Senate majority bloc that has vowed to support Marcos Jr.’s administration’s policies, agenda and direction in the next six years. “I am proud of how we have built productive working relationships with our partners in the House of Representatives, as well as the Executive. The remarkably swift passage of the 2023 General Appropriations Act is testament to this, and hopefully sets a precedent for the smooth and unproblematic passage of laws in the new year,” Zubiri said in a statement.
“Even on our last day of session this year, we looked into the concerning aggression of the China Coast Guard against our own Coast Guard in the West Philippine Sea,” he stressed. The Senate also approved Republic Act No. 11935, which rescheduled this year’s Barangay and Sangguniang Kabataan Elections to the last Monday of October, 2023.
The Senate also was not remiss in recognizing the many artists, scientists, athletes, and statesmen who were able to bring honor to the country. Pimentel, as the official leader of the bloc, fulfilled his responsibilities remarkably during the Senate’s deliberation on the 2023 GAA where he questioned the P149-billion in lump sum appropriations, the P150-million confidential and intelligence funds lodged in the Department of Education’s budget, the P500-million for the Office of the Vice President, and the P4.5-billion CIF lodged under the Office of the President.
Hontiveros, who was the only opposition senator able to secure a second term in the Senate, said she remains undeterred even in the coming year. She also championed the passage of the RA No. 11648 which raises the age of sexual consent to 16, and RA No. 11861, or the law expanding the coverage and benefits of solo parents. Likewise, she pushed for enacting stricter enforcement measures against Online Sexual Abuse and Exploitation via the Anti-OSAEC law .
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