Majority Leader Joel Villanueva on Tuesday sponsored a resolution that seeks to establish and maintain an integrated and secure digital legislative management system for the Congress of the Philippines to be known as the “eCongress.”
Senate Concurrent Resolution No. 7 was also filed by Senate President Juan Miguel Zubiri, Senate President Pro Tempore Loren Legarda, Minority Leader Aquilino “Koko” Pimentel III, and Villanueva.
The resolution is in line with the current administration’s strong commitment to digitalize, harmonize, and standardize government services and data, Villanueva said.
Its ultimate goal is to ensure efficient and fast delivery of services to our people.
“The need to digitalize our government systems and services is made even more apparent during the height of the pandemic as demand for connectivity and online availability of various services increased,” Villanueva said.
Due to this, both the Senate and the House of Representatives agree and commit to pursue the development of an updated, digital, integrated, and secure legislative management system.
This will further boost coordination between the Senate and the House.It will also facilitate citizen engagement in the legislative process, and provide timely, more effective, and responsive ways of managing, monitoring, and reporting the legislative performance of the Congress of the Philippines to our dear kababayans. Macon Ramos-Araneta