EASE OF DOING BUSINESS IN PH IS WHAT WE NEED NOT CHA-CHA — SEN. VILLAR

By Liza Soriano

MANILA — Senator Cynthia Villar on Friday (01 Mar 2024) said that ease of doing business in the Philippines is what the country needs to be able to attract foreign investors and not amendment to the economic provisions of the 1987 Constitution.

“Palagi nilang sinasabi na economic provisions [ang babaguhin] pero yung economic provisions na sinasabi nila, minor eh. Hindi naman importante. If you want to improve the economy, we can just legislate what we need to improve,” Villar said.

“Kasi ito yung sinasabi ng mga businessman…actually ang problema nila is yung ease of doing business at saka yung corruption. ‘Yun lang ang bawasan, okay na tayo,” Villar added.

The deliberations on the constitutional reform are being conducted in the Senate and its counterpart in the House of Representatives.

This country’s bicameral Congress is made up of the House and the Senate, and the 1987 Constitution is silent on whether or not they should vote together in a constituent assembly.

(el Amigo/MNM)