QUEZON, Nueva Ecija – Sen. Bong Go on Thursday urged members of the House of Representatives to get back to work as the government fell short of its 2023 growth target.
“Kaya nga po patuloy ang Senado sa pagtatalakay ng mga panukala na makatutulong sa pagpapaunlad ng ekonomiya para maiangat po natin ang kabuhayan po ng ating mga kababayan,” Go said when asked to comment about the missed six to seven percent GDP.
Go, along with Nueva Ecija 1st District Rep. Mika Suansing and Mayor Mariano Cristino Joson of this town, led the inauguration of this town’s legislative building.
The senator said the efforts to amend the 1987 Constitution via People’s Initiative has become divisive.
“Dapat po’y magtrabaho na tayo. Nananawagan po ako sa ating mga kababayan, sa ating mga kasamahan sa Kongreso let’s go back to work,” the senator said. “Unahin po natin ang mga kababayan po natin na mahihirap.”
Prioritizing politics will make the poor suffer, he noted. “Dahil wala pong mga batas, mga bills na uusad pag hindi nagkasundo ang Senado at Kongreso.”
He maintained that senators are opposed to both houses voting jointly as this will leave them insignificant as they are outnumbered. “Dahil mawawalan po kami ng saysay at mawawalan po kami ng karapatan.”
The senators, he underscored, were elected nationally. “Ibig sabihin kami po ang representatives ng buong Pilipinas so dapat po’y meron kaming boses halimbawa meron kaming isusulong na bill. Yung karapatan po namin ay hindi mawawala,” he said.
