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Iba po ito sa ginawa natin last year, Mr. Speaker, March din, 2023,
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kung saan ang inaprobahan natin ay isang resolution
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na ang intent ay mag-proceed sa pagbabago ng ating Constitution,
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although that time ay through CONCON.
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Ngayon, Mr. Chair, as also...
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confirmed by our...
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some resource persons, what we're doing is technically not a CONAS,
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hindi din siya CONCON, and obviously, hindi din ito People's Initiative.
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This is the fourth mode, at ang ginagawa na po natin ay pag-aproba na
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ng mga amienda sa Constitution.
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Also, Mr. Chair, ito naman ay...
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although I reject the committee report,
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pero, Mr. Chair, I'd like to suggest na lang sa ating...
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committee secretariat na dun po sa last page,
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part 4, adoption of resolution of both houses, number 7,
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at least, Mr. Chair, ay mabanggit po na may mga members ng committee of the whole
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na nag-manifest ng objections dun sa naunang pag-adopt ng RBH number 7 without amendment.
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Para for the record, Mr. Chair, ay matake note po ito.
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Yun lang, Mr. Chair, so while we suggest
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yung ganong pag-edit po ng committee report,
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both sa basis ng procedure, tsaka content, ay object to this.
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Thank you, Mr. Chair.
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The Chair would like to recognize Representative Franz Castro.
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You have two minutes.
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Thank you, Mr. Chair.
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So, I reject this committee report, number...
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and number committee report on the resolution on both...
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houses, number 7.
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So, unang-una po, Mr. Chair, dun sa procedure,
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so sa tingin natin, walang fourth mode.
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Wala sa konstitusyon yung ginagawa natin na pamamaraan
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ng pagpapag-a-amenda o pag-re-rebisa
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ng anumang provision sa ating konstitusyon.
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Pangalawa, Mr. Chair,
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kaugnay naman dun sa mga proposals on the public utility,
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education, and advertising.
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So, sa kabila ng pagiging bukas na bukas na
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ng ating ekonomiya,
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ng ating ekonomiya,
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pag-tignan po natin sa pag-aaral,
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yung hindi pa nabubuksan sa ating ekonomiya.
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Ngunit, mababa pa rin ang standard of living
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o ng pamumuhay ng ating mga mamayan.
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Hindi nagdala ng tamang pag-unlad sa Pilipino
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at hindi nagdulot ng paglaki ng employment
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at syempre, yung pagpababa ng mga presyo
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at yung mga sinasabi natin na
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pag-tanggal ng korupasyon.
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Hindi gumanda ang buhay ng ating mga kababayan
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at hindi naging South Korea o Vietnam ba tayo
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sa kabila ng pagbubukas ng ating ekonomiya.
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Hindi konstitusyon ang may kasalanan
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kung bakit ganito ang ating sitwasyon ngayon.
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Ang dahilan niyaan ay yung mga polisiya
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na ipinatutupad natin sa ekonomiya,
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at sa iba pang mga larangan.
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pinagbibili ang edukasyon.
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Hindi natin sa palagay natin sa ginagawang amyenda
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dito sa Article 14 ng ating konstitusyon
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ay binubuyangyang na natin sa mga foreigner
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o sa mga alien ang ating edukasyon.
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Ang edukasyon ay talagang nag-aano ng ating kamalayan
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sa ating mga kabataan
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kaya dapat ito ay pangalagaan po natin.
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Ganon din po ang naging papel ng advertising.
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ito ay tumututol dito sa Committee Report
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on the Resolution of Both Houses No. 7.
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Pwede siya siya parang...
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The Chair would like to recognize
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Representative Gaby Bordado.
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You have the floor.
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Thank you, Mr. Chairman.
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Philippine Constitution
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since it took effect
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Advocates of charter chains
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point to the country's declining performance
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across different sectors
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They have been attributing the country's bleak economic situation
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to the supposedly antiquated
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and restrictive provisions of the Constitution.
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to the supposedly antiquated and restrictive provisions of the Constitution.
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to the supposedly antiquated and restrictive provisions of the Constitution.
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to the supposedly antiquated and restrictive provisions of the Constitution.
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on foreign ownership
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are stemming the flow of
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vital foreign capital into the country,
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and while our current
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grim economic condition
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for urgent responses,
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is charter chains
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the most immediate course of action
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we should pursue.
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we should pursue.
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Resolution of Both Houses No. 7 introduces the praise, unless otherwise stated by law, into some economic provisions in the Constitution as a solution to ease the restrictions set by the Charter.
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However, Mr. Chairman, this fails to address the myriad other issues that adversely affect our economy and hinder our nation's growth and advancement.
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While introducing amendments to the economic provisions of the Constitution might result to the country being conducive and welcoming to more forceful,
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foreign capital, it is not a guarantee that it would be the sole key to economic prosperity.
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Even more so, working towards making the country attractive to foreign investors without first addressing the internal problems plaguing our systems renders all our efforts futile.
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As Representative Edsel Lagman aptly puts it, it's a matter of flexibility versus certainty.
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And Mr. Chairman, I go for certainty. I therefore vote no to the adoption of Resolution of Both Houses No. 7. Thank you.
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Mr. Chairman, I move that we recognize the Honorable Gentleman from Albay, the Honorable Lagman.
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Representative Edsel Lagman is recognized. You have the floor. You have two minutes.
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Thank you, Mr. Chairman.
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After six days of differing inputs from enthusiastic and even combative,
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resource persons, and extensive interpellations on the pros and cons on Resolution of Both Houses No. 7,
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alas, we have a pro forma committee report of five pages condensing the lengthy process.
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Without any discussion,
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resolution of both houses is flawed,
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and substantially.
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Procedurally because
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it does not follow
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any of the rules of the Constitution.
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There are three modes of amending the Constitution.
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Not even the holding of a constituent assembly
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in its traditional sense.
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Because we are not meeting here with the Senators,
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wherein a constituent assembly.
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The legislators, both the representatives and the senators, assemble not as legislators to enact laws but as members of a constituent assembly to introduce amendments to the Constitution.
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This resolution is also flawed because it appears to be providing a fourth mode of amending the Constitution by legislation without amending Article 17 of the Constitution on Amendment or Revision of the Constitution.
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We are also venturing on liberalizing the economic provisions but we are not amending Section 19 of Article 2 on the development of an economy effectively controlled by Filipinos.
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Next, the phrase, quote,
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as may be authorized by law, makes any amendment to the nationalistic provisions nebulous as it does not specify the myths and bounds of the contingent legislation which puts foreign investors in the dark of what to specifically expect.
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More than flexibility,
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investors want certainty.
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this resolution is also infirm because of the following.
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One, the reduction or removal of nationalistic provisions in the Constitution is not necessary because the conducive economic environment has yet to be established by the country.
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Representative Lagman, can you please wrap up?
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We will have a session at 4 o'clock and we still have one more person who will explain her vote.
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I'll give you one more minute.
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By addressing the problem of ease of doing business, predictability in policies, reduction of official corruption, infrastructure support, internet speed, and lower power costs.
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Thank you very much.
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Experience would show that even as manufacturing can be owned and operated by foreigners to the extent of 100%,
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FDI in the manufacturing sector had not been realized as shown by the data of the Philippine Statistics Authority.
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liberalized the retail trade but the influx of foreign investors did not come as expected.
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And there are no empirical studies to show in the Philippines that the forecasted increase in jobs, skills development, transfer of technology, and lower cost of services and goods,
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will be realized.
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For all of these reasons, Mr. Chairman, I vote no.
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Mr. Chairman, I move that we recognize...
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the honorable Brosas.
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Thank you, Mr. Chair.
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The Chair would like to recognize Representative Brosas.
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Please limit to two minutes.
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We have to end the Committee of the Whole.
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Thank you, Mr. Chair.
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Mr. Chair, this representation expresses...
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the alarming concerns and rejection on the approval of Resolution of both Houses No. 7.
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Committee Report at the Committee of the Whole.
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The 1987 Constitution only allows three modes of amending our Constitution.
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These are through a constituent assembly, a constitutional convention, and the People's Initiative.
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The fourth method of the Bernas formula, which the House of Representatives is currently using to amend our Constitution,
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is not included in those three methods.
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Thus, this is very questionable.
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Our Constitution is the highest law of the land.
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Hindi dapat ituring na parang isang ordinaryong panukalang batas ang pagbabago sa ating Constitution.
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Consistent po ang mga resource personal justices natin dyan.
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Despite not directly deleting the constitutional restrictions,
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RBH No. 7 transfers power to Congress to do so through legislation
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by adding the phrase,
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unless otherwise provided by law,
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to a constitutional restriction.
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Congress is practically capable of changing the limits set by the Constitution at any time.
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Bibigyan nito ng sobrang-sobrang kapangyarihan ng Kongreso para basta-basta na lamang magpasa
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ng mga batas na hindi naaayon sa pangangailangan ng mamamayang Pilipino.
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According to the Ebon Foundation, the Philippine economy is already among the most open to foreign investment in the region.
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Congress has already passed laws that ignore the 40% constitutional cap on foreign ownership,
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such as Mining Act 1995,
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Public Services Act,
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and other laws on retail trade,
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pero nakapending sa Supreme Court.
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MSMEs, banking, and others.
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Sa kabila nito, balak na buksan pa ang ating ekonomiya para sa 100% pagmamayari
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ng mga dayuhan sa pampublikong utilidad tulad ng kuryente, tubig, transportasyon,
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at iba pa, edukasyon, at advertising.
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Hindi matutugo na ng problema sa napakataas na presyo ng kuryente, tubig, pamasahay, at iba pa
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sa pagpasok ng foreign ownership sa pampublikong utilidad.
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Bagkus, maaaring mas lalong makakaranas na katakot-takot na taas-singil ang mga consumer.
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Bubuksan din ng RBH No. 7 ang 100% ownership ang mga paaralan at unibredsadad sa ating bansa.
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Napakataas ng ating learning crisis. Kulang ang mga upuan, classrooms.
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Representative Rosas?
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Just a few minutes. One minute, Mr. Chair.
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Marami rin hindi nakakapag-aral.
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So mas lalong lalala ang pagiging kolonyal, commercialized ng ating edukasyon.
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So, mas lalong lalala ang pagiging kolonyal, commercialized ng ating edukasyon.
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So mas lalong lalala ang pagiging kolonyal, commercialized ng ating edukasyon.
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There is no need also to amend the advertising ownership and management, considering na ang ad agency is blooming.
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Hindi mapipigil ang pagtaas ng presyo ng bilihin.
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Lumala lang kawalan ng trabaho, matinding kahirapan, matinding kagutuman, kawalan ng trabaho, mababang sahod.
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Ito ang pangunahing kinakaharap ng mamamayang Pilipino.
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Bukas na ang ekonomiya ng Pilipinas sa foreign investment, pero hindi ito naglikha ng sariling industriya at nananatiling adrasado ang agrikultura.
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Hindi magdadala ng tunay na solusyon at pagunahin.
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Ang pagpapalala pa ng pagka-atrasado ng ekonomiya, kaya naman tutol sa Charter Change.
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Maraming salamat, Mr. Chair.
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Mr. Chairman, with 2 minutes to spare, I move that we adjourn the proceedings of the Committee of the Whole on RBH No. 7.
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There is a motion to adjourn the proceedings of the Committee of the Whole on RBH No. 7.
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There is a motion to adjourn the proceedings of the Committee of the Whole on RBH No. 7.
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There is a motion to adjourn the proceedings of the Committee of the Whole on RBH No. 7.
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