The Senate on Wednesday permitted on third and closing studying the proposed Magna Carta for Seafarers.
The invoice acquired 14 affirmative votes, zero adverse votes, and 0 abstention.
During the sponsorship of the measure, Senator Raffy Tulfo mentioned the invoice seeks to guard Filipino seafarers and would function a assure to the worldwide neighborhood that the Philippines will adjust to the requirements set by the related conventions.
The measure may also function a sign to authorities officers to hit the bottom working in guaranteeing that the Philippines is maintaining with its obligations to worldwide conventions, he added.
Being licensed as pressing by President Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr., the Senate was in a position to cross it on second and third studying inside in the future.
In certifying the invoice as pressing, Marcos mentioned the measure will “address recurring deficiencies in our domestic laws pertaining to the training and accreditation of thousands of Filipino seafarers which endanger their employment in the European market in particular, and the global maritime arena in general.”
Marcos added that the invoice “guarantees to the international community that the Philippines will comply with its obligations of ensuring that our training, facilities, and equipment are at par with international standards and those set by relevant conventions.”
But earlier than the Senate handed it on second studying, Tulfo, the sponsor of the measure, and Senator Pia Cayetano clashed on a number of amendments to the invoice.
Cayetano has raised a number of inquiries to make clear and finetune the proposed laws, notably the definition of domicile beneath the invoice and the availability on the continual studying growth of seafarers.
Tulfo misplaced his persistence and advised Cayetano that debates ought to be executed through the interval of interpellations and never through the interval of amendments.
Senate Bill 2221’s counterpart measure within the House of Representatives had been handed on third and closing studying final March.
Prolonged debates
Earlier within the day, Tulfo appeared to have misplaced his cool over extended debates with Cayetano.
Among the provisions that Cayetano needed to make clear had been the definition of domicile beneath the invoice and the availability on the continual studying growth of seafarers.
Tulfo mentioned the questions ought to have been raised through the interval of interpellation.
“Mr. President, tapos na po ‘yung period of interpellation natin. Period of amendments na ito. Sana ang request ko lang po sabihin lang niya sa akin kung ano ang amendments niya and I will say whether I accept it or not and if I don’t accept it, then I will explain,” Tulfo said.
“Para mapabilis lang po tayo. Kaysa naman po kailangan ko muna magpaliwanag at pag hindi siya satisfied sa paliwanag ko, magkakaroon ng debate at kapag halimbawa na-satisfy siya sa paliwanag ko then hindi na s’ya mag-a-amend. Humahaba lang po tayo, Mr. President, your honor. Kung gusto niyo po maglatag na ako ng banig dito tsaka unan,” he went on.
Senate President Juan Miguel Zubiri suspended the session to pacify the 2 senators however earlier than he went down from the podium, Cayetano advised Tulfo “Welcome to legislative work.”
September 27 is the final day of session in each the Senate and the House of Representatives as Congress is ready to adjourn on September 29.—LDF, GMA Integrated News
Source: www.gmanetwork.com
