MANILA, Philipppines- Nangako si Senate Minority Leader Aquilino “Koko” Pimentel III na kanyang susuportahan ng lahat ng priority pero makabuluhang panukalang batas ng administrasyon na ihahain sa Senado.
Kabilang dito ang Maritime Zones Law, Archipelagic Sea Lanes Law, at batas na nagbibigay ng legal personality sa Board of the Loss and Damage Fund, ayon kay Pimentel.
Inihayag ito ni Pimentel sa kanyang “Kontra” SONA 2024, o ang reaksyon ng Minority bloc sa huling State of the Nation Address (SONA) nitong nakaraang Lunes.
“The Senate Minority, with the permission of my partner [Deputy Minority Leader Risa Hontiveros], is ready to cooperate with the President in the passage of the legislative measures he requested in the SONA,” ayon kay Pimentel.
“In conclusion, I believe the President delivered his best SONA so far. We may not be political allies, we may not see eye-to-eye in our proposed solutions to our country’s most pressing and serious problems, but that SONA delivered by the President convinced me of these things: that President Marcos loves his country and that he is trying his best,” dagdag ng senador.
Binanggit ng lider ng minorya ang pangangailangan na ituon ang pagkilos sa paglutas ng maraming problema ng bansa.
“Once again, let me say this: Given our country’s numerous problems, which include our astronomical national debt, we cannot afford to lose time and waste resources. Let us focus on what is truly important to the life of the Filipino,” tinuran ni Pimentel.
Pero, tiniyak naman niya na mananatili sila sa papel bilang “check and balance” sa Senado at kumilos patungo sa “just, fair, progressive, and safe society.”
Sinabi pa ni Pimentel na kailangan ding magkaroon ng pagbabago sa kaugalian ng mga mamamayan at sa mga kontraktor na iwasan ang pamumulitika. Ernie Reyes
