President Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr. has directed Congress to speed up deliberations on four priority reform measures aimed at tightening transparency in government spending and overhauling areas of the country’s political system, Malacañang announced.
Presidential Communications Office Undersecretary Claire Castro said the directive was issued during the meeting of the Legislative-Executive Development Advisory Council (LEDAC) on Tuesday morning.
President Marcos asked the Senate and House of Representatives to closely review and accelerate passage of the proposals at the soonest possible time.
Castro listed the administration’s four priority measures as the Anti-Dynasty Bill, a proposal intended to curb the concentration of political power within families and promote fairer competition in public office, and the Independent People’s Commission Act, a measure that would establish an independent body tasked with investigating corruption, governance failures, and systemic issues, with powers to recommend reforms.
Additionally, the Party-list System Reform Act, aimed at overhauling the existing party-list system to prevent abuse, tighten eligibility rules, and realign representation toward genuine sectoral groups, and Citizens Access and Disclosure of Expenditures for National Accountability (CADENA) Act, which seeks to institutionalize transparency and accountability in the use of public funds.
Castro said the President emphasized the need to move the measures forward within the current legislative calendar, underscoring reforms he considers necessary to strengthen accountability and improve representation.
Present at the meeting were Senate President Vicente Sotto III, House Speaker Faustino Dy III, Majority Leader Sandro Marcos, and other congressional leaders.
LEDAC members also agreed on timelines for the passage of the General Appropriations Bill and the submission of the enrolled budget measure for the President’s signature into law.
