INTRODUCTION
The first Arangkada Philippines Legislation policy brief was released in September of 2013, in the middle of former President Benigno S. Aquino 3rd’s term and in the first year of the 16th Congress. In it we wrote the following about legislation in the Philippines: the country has both well-crafted laws copied by others and badly outdated ones that need to be amended or repealed; the country’s bicameral system, which requires deliberation, approval, reconciliation of differences, and separate ratification by both Houses of Congress before presidential enactment, is not designed to legislate rapidly; and bills can both stall for many years in successive Congresses or, occasionally, move through Congress in a surprisingly short period.
Additional Details
Date Published: November 2022
Type: Publication
Pages: 22
Size: 8.5 x 11
Contents
I. Introduction
II. Investment Climate Legislation 2013-2022
III. Advocacy in the 18th Congress
IV. Legislative Advocacies for the 19th Congress and Beyond
A. Joint Foreign Chambers and Philippine Business Groups’ priority bills for the 19th Congress
B. Bills requiring substantial reconsideration
V. Conclusion
Annex 1: List of Business and Economic Reform Laws enacted, 12th to 17th Congress
Annex 2: Philippine Business Groups-Joint Foreign Chambers 24 Priority Bills for the 19th Congress