HR 975- Inquiry on Lobbying Law implementation
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Transcript of HR 975- Inquiry on Lobbying Law implementation
REPUBLIC OF THE PHILIPPINESHOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
Quezon City, Metro Manila
FIFTEENTH CONGRESSFirst Regular Session
House Resolution No. 975
Introduced by Kabataan Party-List Rep. Raymond V. Palatino
A RESOLUTIONDIRECTING THE HOUSE COMMITTEE ON PEOPLE'S PARTICIPATION TO CONDUCT AN INQUIRY, IN AID OF LEGISLATION, ON THE STATUS OF IMPLEMENTATION OF REPUBLIC ACT NO. 1827, OTHERWISE KNOWN AS “AN ACT TO REGULATE LOBBYING IN THE CONGRESS OF THE PHILIPPINES AND IN THE COMMISSION ON APPOINTMENTS”
WHEREAS, Article 2, Section 28 of the Constitution states: “Article 2. Subject to
reasonable conditions prescribed by law, the State adopts and implements a policy full
disclosure of all its transactions involving public interest”;
WHEREAS, Republic Act. No. 1827, otherwise known as “An Act to Regulate
Lobbying in the Congress of the Philippines and in the Commission on Appointments” was
approved on June 22, 1957 “to prohibit corrupt or undesirable methods of lobbying, to
promote a high standard of ethics in the practice of lobbying, to prevent harassing unfair and
unethical lobbying practices, and to provide for the licensing of lobbyists and the suspension
or revocation of such licenses”;
WHEREAS, the practice of lobbying, which is defined by R.A. 1827 as the
“practice of promoting or opposing the introduction or passage of legislation before either
House of the Congress of the Philippines or any of its committess, or promoting or opposing
the confirmation of any pending appointment before the Commission on Appointments or
any of its committees,” has been marred by controversies, usually involving huge
corporations and powerful political figures who actively and unethically lobby through the
advacement or determent of legislative measures and political appointments in order to
advance their economic and political interests;
WHEREAS, pay-offs and other under-the-table deals have come to be associated
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with the practice of lobbying, with some individuals and groups using their vast political and
economic power in exchange for the passage or determent of a legislative measures that are
usually anti-people and anti-poor;
WHEREAS, all lobbying activities should be made more public in order for the
people to discern whether both houses of Congress or the Commission on Appointments
genuinely uphold their interests and welfare in the passage of legislative measures or in the
appointment of government officials. There should always be transparency and honesty in
dealings of and between members of Congress and lobbyists and/or lobbying groups;
WHEREAS, the government should provide stiffer penalties for erring individuals
and groups who use the practice of lobbying to advance their selfish political and economic
interests at the expense of the vast majority of marginalized Filipinos who remain
economically and politically disenfranchised;
WHEREAS, the Filipino people, especially the marginalized and disenfranchised
have a constitutional right to lobby their legislators or the government to pass/approve or
deter certain proposed laws and appointments;
NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED, AS IT IS HEREBY RESOLVED,
that the House Committee on People's Participation conduct an inquiry, in aid of legislation,
on the status of implementation Republic Act. No. 1827, otherwise known as “An Act to
Regulate Lobbying in the Congress of the Philippines and in the Commission on
Appointments.”
Adopted,
Rep. RAYMOND V. PALATINOKabataan Party-List
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