Support for the call to publicly open the Bicameral Conference Committee deliberations on the national budget is beginning to snowball in the House of Representatives. (Video courtesy of House of Representatives)
00:00Thank you very much, Kong Jude. Since you said that you have filed a bill for a open buy cam, first for the budget, but eventually for the other bills that are in the buy cam, what are your reactions here, support you? And how do you need to make a new house rules or resolution?
00:27I think it resonates well with many of the members of Congress.
00:41Even though I have a full support to make more transparent, accountable, and later on the process of the Bicameral Conference Committee.
00:51That's why it's also a long time for us to understand the whole process of the legislation and policy.
01:03So, tayo, kaisa po natin, si Speaker Martin, kaisa po natin yung mga panukalang buksan ang Bicameral Conference Committee, sa usipan man ito ng General Appropriations Act, ng National Budget, o sa anumang mga polisiyang binabalangkas sa Kongreso.
01:22And I think this signals well, a new game changer in the way our governance, especially in terms of legislation, is being conducted.
01:34And hopefully, ang hinihiling ko lang sa ating mga kababayan, ito po'y maging pamamaraan para maging mas participatory ang proseso ng legislation sa ating mas.
01:49Kung isipin nyo, sabi nga nung kanta, iisang bangka lang tayo.
01:54At ito'y magiging isang pamamaraan para tunay natin may pakita na tayong mga Pilipino, hindi lang ho yung mga kongresista na halal, hindi lang ho yung mga halal na opisyal at mga lingkod bayan,
02:05kundi ang ordinaryong Pilipino, dapat may kinalaman at may pakialam sa layunin at direksyon ng ating bansa.
02:13Pero sir, ano po ba ito? Kailangan po magpasa ng resolution or house rules na lang po ito?
02:22Well, initially, the fastest way to go about this, in my opinion, ako lang po, I'm sure the other members may have their own opinion,
02:30is really to pass a resolution.
02:33Kasi normally kung house rules, medyo hindi ho kaagad-agad nababago ang house rules, ano po,
02:39but for it to be really immediate, and we're hoping, and we're actually thinking of doing it,
02:44filing a resolution, proposing, and institutionalizing the open deliberations at the bicamera conference level.
