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INTRODUCTION In the Philippines, the Presidential Legislative Liaison Office (PLLO) is the primary arm of the President and the entire Executive Branch in promoting presidential legislative initiatives, policy reforms, and development programs in the Legislative Branch of Government. The PLLO therefore is regarded as the principal government entity implementing advocacy strategies that shape and shepherd the Administration’s priority legislative measures in Congress. Throughout the years, the PLLO has established its relevant and strategic role in the bureaucracy by continuously advocating for responsive legislation, that is, ensuring that laws that comes out of the legislative mill are consistent with the policy reform agenda of the Administration and effectively addressing the needs and aspirations of their intended beneficiaries. In pursuit of these goals, the PLLO is guided by clearly defined processes and procedures which collectively articulate and communicate the organization’s vision and mission as well as its mandate and functions across the organization and the whole of government. As a government office, PLLO complies with good governance practices, including the promulgation of this Operations Manual. This manual primarily covers the organizational profile, the functions and responsibilities of the various units, officers and staff of the PLLO as well as the operating procedures for its various processes and activities.
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OBJECTIVES
In the development of this Manual, the Presidential Legislative Liaison Office (PLLO) aims to achieve the following:
• Outline the processes and procedures currently being
undertaken by all the units of the PLLO;
• Streamline the processes and procedures undertaken
by these units to come up with more efficient and effective
manner
of
performing
their
mandated
functions;
• Serve as a handbook or reference guide for the
employees of PLLO to better equip them to effectively
and efficiently perform; and
• Provide
the
various
governance
partners
and
stakeholders of the PLLO, practitioners and students
of government and the general public with a reference
on how the PLLO undertakes legislative
work in Congress.
advocacy
Hence, this Operations Manual serves as a testament to the PLLO’s commitment to good governance leading towards Quality Management System.
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DEFINITION OF TERMS
Legislative Advocacy Plan indicates
operational
strategies
and
plans,
including strategic interventions in the legislative
mill to shepherd specific measures in the list of
legislative priorities and “red flag” bills.
Priority Legislative Agenda
are proposed legislative measures in response to
the priority thrusts, policies and other initiatives of
the Administration which are subjected to
prioritization process. Legislative-Executive a consultative and advisory body to the President Development Advisory
on national socio-economic issues and concerns
Council (LEDAC)
consisting of representatives from the Legislative
and Executive Branches of Government as well
as the private sector.
Legislative Liaison System
an aggrupation of legislative liaison officers from
(LLS)
various executive offices, including constitutional
commissions, and government-owned and
controlled corporations (GOCCs).
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Logical Framework a tool for improving the planning, implementation,
management,
monitoring
and
evaluation
of
projects. It is also known as “log frame” which is a
way of structuring the main elements in a project
and highlighting the logical linkages between
them. Organization Performance an approach to expenditure management that Indicator Framework directs resources towards results and accounts
for performance. It enables agencies to focus
efforts and resources on core functions and on
delivering high impact activities at reasonable
costs and qualities. Presidential Legislative
for brevity, PLLO, is the primary arm of the
Liaison Office
President and the whole Executive Branch in
formulating
strategies to shepherd its policy reform and
priority legislative agenda in Congress. Political Mapping
and
implementing
advocacy
the process used to record and analyze alliances
and/or positions of political actors or stakeholders
relative to a particular policy proposal.
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Shepherding
refers to pushing or advancing priority bills in the
various stages of the legislative mill (drafting,
filing and committee referral,
second
conference level until its enactment into law).
It
interventions after determining the acceptability
of a non-priority measure. Thus, shepherding in
the context of legislative advocacy may mean
any one or any combinations of all, but not
limited to, the following interventions in the
legislative mill:
• Pushing or facilitating passage of a priority
also
reading,
third
involves
committee reading,
undertaking
level,
bicameral necessary
measure from one stage to the next in the
entire labyrinthine process of legislation;
• Parrying or preventing the progress of any
measures that may adversely impact on the Administration’s core policy reform agenda or
program
of
governance;
• Perfecting or building consensus among
concerned agencies with the end view of introducing amendments that may enhance the acceptability of well-meaninged measures
initiated by Congress;
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• Purveying or ushering the delivery of prompt
executive responses to congressional request – in terms of technical assistance relative to the consideration of legislative measures or constituency support in line with the parochial concerns of individual legislators – with the end
view
of
promoting
cooperative
executive-legislative relationship; and
• Political Reading or continuing monitoring and
analysis of the political dynamics in Congress relative to a particular legislative measure to allow in-depth understanding and informed action-planning as well as timely advisories
to the President.
All of these interventions, plus a lot more
unconventional
including the employment of necessary analytical
and
traditional or official networks, may come into
play
legislative advocacy.
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advocacy as
part
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approaches tools, of
the
and art
and
options,
mobilization of
lobbying
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Stakeholder
individuals, groups, organizations or institutions
that have a significant interest on the success of
an advocacy project. Stakeholder Analysis
the process of identification, classification, and
characterization of potential major stakeholders
on a policy issue in terms of position, interest
and power.
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LIST OF ACRONYMS
ARE............................. Acknowledgement Receipts for Equipment CabSec........................ Cabinet Secretary CS................................ Civil Society CLA.............................. Common Legislative Agenda DTR.............................. Daily Time Record DLLO........................... Department Legislative Liaison Office EDAC........................... Executive Development Advisory Council EO................................ Executive Order GAA............................. General Appropriations Act GOCCs........................ Government-Owned and Controlled Corporations KYC.............................. Know-Your-Clients LAO.............................. Legislative Affairs Office LEDAC......................... Legislative Executive Development Advisory Council LLS.............................. Legislative Liaison System LGU............................. Local Government Unit MTPDP........................ Medium Term Philippine Development Plan
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NGA............................. National Government Agency NIRC............................ National Internal Revenue Code NGO............................. Non-Government Organization ODESLA...................... Office of the Deputy Executive Secretary for Legal Affairs OPA.............................. Office of the Political Adviser OPIF............................. Organizational Performance Indicator Framework PDP.............................. Philippine Development Plan PL................................. Party List PIs................................ Performance Indicators PS................................ Political Society PLA.............................. President’s Legislative Agenda PLA.............................. Presidential Legislative Adviser PLLO............................ Presidential Legislative Liaison Office RATA............................ Representation and Transportation Allowances SRC............................. Social Reform Council SDO............................. Special Disbursing Officer SONA.......................... State of the Nation Address TWG............................. Technical Working Group WTO-AFTA-APEC...... World Trade Organization - Asean Free Trade –
Association Asia Pacific Economic Council
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LIST OF MAJOR PARTNER ORGANIZATIONS/STAKEHOLDERS
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LIST OF MAJOR PARTNER ORGANIZATIONS/STAKEHOLDERS
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LIST OF TABLES Table 1
The Legal Bases and Institutional Milestones............................ 31
Table 2
PLLO’s Summary of Plantilla Positions...................................... 49
Table 3
Stakeholders Analysis Matrix....................................................117
Table 4
Political Mapping Matrix...........................................................118
LIST OF FIGURES Figure 1 PLLO’s LogFrame...................................................................... 42 Figure 2 PLLO’s Performance Indicators................................................. 44 Figure 3 PLLO Organizational Structure.................................................. 50 Figure 4 PLLO Operations Flow Diagram................................................ 95 Figure 5 Public Policy Reform System..................................................... 22 Figure 6 The Lawmaking Process.......................................................... 112
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TABLE OF CONTENTS Introduction.................................................................................................... 3 Objectives ........................................................................................................ 4 Definition of Terms........................................................................................... 5 List of Acronyms............................................................................................ 10 List of Tables.................................................................................................. 14 List of Figures................................................................................................ 14 Table of Contents........................................................................................... 15 Chapter 1. Organizational Profile............................................................... 19 1. Vision and Mission.....................................................................................20 2. Mandate.....................................................................................................21 3. General Functions ....................................................................................21 4. Other Functions.........................................................................................27 5. History ...................................................................................................... 28
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Chapter 2. Organization and Responsibilities........................................35 1. The Functional Offices...............................................................................36
1.1. Office of the Presidential Legislative Adviser..............................36
1.2. Liaison Office for the Senate.......................................................38
1.3. Liaison Office for the House of Representatives........................39
1.4. Administrative, Financial and Management Division.................40
2. The Logical Framework.............................................................................41 3. The Performance Measures and Targets.................................................43 Chapter 3. Operational Control and Supervision...................................47 1. Organizational Structure............................................................................48 2. The Management and Supervision..........................................................51 Chapter 4. Operating Procedures.............................................................75 1. Formulation of Policy Direction and Legislative Agenda.......................... 76 2. Prioritization of Legislative Agenda........................................................... 76
2.1. The President’s Legislative Agenda........................................... 76
2.2. The LEDAC Common Legislative Agenda.................................79
2.3. Certification for Immediate Enactment.......................................79
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2.4. Other measures to address emerging issues, including
compliance with International Conventions and other
international commitments..........................................................81 3. Formulation of Legislative Advocacy Plan................................................82 4. Implementation of Legislative Advocacy Plan..........................................83 5. Legislative Intervention Programs.............................................................85 6. Review and Feedback Mechanisms.........................................................91 Appendices................................................................................................ 101 1. The Legislative Environment and Processes.......................................... 102 2. Stakeholders Analysis Marix Form..........................................................116 3. Political Mapping Matrix...........................................................................117 PLLO Directory and List of Key Officials........................................ 118-127
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1. Vision & Mission
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he PLLO envisions itself to be a trailblazer in the Philippine’s legislative aspect of governance empowering all relevant stakeholders to
enable them to effectively influence the formulation of public policies through strategic interventions in the legislative process. It is the aspiration of the PLLO to attain the ideal relationship between the Executive and Legislative
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Branches of Government primarily characterized by collaboration that allows the facilitation of all legislative initiatives towards the realization of the Government’s policy reform agenda. However, given the complexity and urgency of these matters, a legislative environment must be fully-functioning and well-orchestrated. It must always be an environment that is harmonious, collaborative and transparent for the favorable attainment of President’s legislative goals and the propitious achievement of the Philippine Development Plans. Consequently, the PLLO has committed to perform its mandate, promote sound legislative practices and steer the dynamic legislative process towards responsive legislation.
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2. Mandate
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he PLLO is mandated to promote the legislative initiatives and generate maximum support for the President and his/her legislative agenda
in Congress, among non-governmental organizations and cooperative interest groups. As an agency under the Office of the President, it is tasked to officially to provide the President necessary and vital legislative and other congressional information that may be used as effective inputs to the formulation of policies and presidential and/or executive response to emerging issues.
3. General Functions
T
he PLLO advocates for all internal and external support in shepherding of the President’s legislative agenda, Administration-sponsored
policy interests, and all other legislative-related concerns of the Executive branch. In line with its mandate, a number of periodic and strategic activities are designed, organized, spearheaded and/or sponsored by PLLO. These, among others, are essential in the promotion of legislative initiatives, consolidation and facilitation of political support among various interest groups, and management of the President’s day-to-day relations with the Congress.
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As PLLO strives to promote significant legislative initiatives, priority policy reforms and development programs, it commits to orchestrate activities relative to the formulation, promotion and completion of legislative agenda in partnership with the relevant and appropriate government and non-governmental entities. 3.1.
Provision of Policy Advisory to the President
of Legislative Concerns
The Head of the PLLO, as concurrent
Presidential Legislative Adviser (PLA), is the
alter-ego of the President relative to legislative
and other congressional-related concerns.
This mandates him to provide day-to-day
information on situations in both Chambers
of Congress as well as intelligence assistance
affecting order support
policies to on
Governance
of
government
in
ensure
executive-legislative
policies
and
of
the
programs
President
and
of the
Administration and consolidation of executive
and/or presidential response to emerging issues.
These
tasks
also
require
the
PLA to provide inputs to the formulation of the
President’s and
Cabinet
Clusters’
Legislative Priorities and the Legislative Executive Development Advisory Council
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Common Legislative Agenda (LEDAC-CLA)
in terms of congressional/political acceptability.
3.2. Promotion
of
Presidential
Legislative
Initiatives
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The PLLO handles all tasks that are aligned with
the promotion of the President’s legislative
agenda. These tasks span from providing
guidance in the development of bills, facilitating
consultations among concerned agencies to
reach consensus or a common Administration
position on proposed measures, supervising
legal research and legislative/policy analyses,
handling conflict resolutions, design and
employment of appropriate interventions to
ensure congressional passage of priority
legislative measures until their enactment
into law.
These require the PLLO to regularly monitor the
progress of all bills in various stages of the
legislative mill and other congressional initiatives
that may impinge on the Presidency and the
Administration.It also involves sensible review of
existing government policies and programs, in a
conscious effort to identify major developments
in Congress affecting the same and undertake
judicious assessment of their impact on the
overall
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direction
and
approach of the Administration.
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3.3.
Consolidation and Facilitation of Political
Support
The PLLO, as part of its mandate and as support
to the effective implementation of advocacy
strategies and interventions also undertakes
activities geared toward building a strong
and reliable network of support from actors
within
the
legislative
bureaucracy
system,
the
and
the
whole political environment.
Primarily, the
PLLO
endeavors
to
sustain
enhanced
collaboration and partnership of the President
and the whole Executive Branch with the
Legislative Branch of Government at the
institutional level as well as with the individual
members of Congress to ensure active support
to the President’s and the Administration’s
Program of Governance.
Likewise, the PLLO accordingly interfaces with all
government entities through members of the
Legislative Liaison System (LLS) to ensure
consistency of the legislative agenda vis-a-vis
existing programs and projects of the national
government as well as in the provision of technical
and
logistical
support
in
the
PLLO’s
advocacy efforts.
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Further, the PLLO pursues constructive engagement with other stakeholders to positively influence the reform constituencies (CSOs, NGOs, other organized groups and allies) to participate in the legislative process and to transform such influence to rally support behind President’s legislative agenda and development programs/projects from the national level down to the grassroots level.
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3.4
Management of the President’s Day-to-Day
Relations with Congress
In most cases, managing the President’s
day-to-day business with individual members
of Congress can be a demanding and arduous
task. For PLLO, this Executive-Legislative
dynamics
is
As
an
all
matters
given
adviser
to
relating
due the to
importance. President
legislation
on and
Executive-Legislative relations, PLLO has
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been in the forefront of laboriously facilitating
the conduct of activities of the President requiring
congressional participation as well as ensuring
that the legislators’ constituency needs are
addressed by the various agencies/department
of the Executive.
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4. Other Functions
4.1 Stewardship of the Legislative Liaison System
(LLS)
The PLLO is formally regarded as the steward
of the Legislative Liaison System (LLS). The LLS
is a conglomeration of legislative liaison officers
from various executive offices, including national
line agencies, constitutional bodies, commissions,
government-owned and -controlled corporations
(GOCCs).
In charge of managing a network of legislative
liaison officers from various departments and
agencies that compose the Legislative Liaison
System, the PLLO orchestrates collaborative
activities with Congress aimed at forming a
stronger Executive-Legislative tactical alliance.
In pursuit of this, the PLLO provides the members
of the LLS assistance on how to navigate through
and intervene in the legislative process in order to
promote and advance their respective policy
requirements,
legislative
agenda
and
other
related matters.
4.2 Provision of Technical Support to the
LEDAC and other Policy Advisory Bodies
The PLLO is likewise equally committed in
performing its tasks as the technical adviser to
the Legislative-Executive Development Advisory
Council (LEDAC) particularly in the formulation
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and shepherding of the shared policy reform
priorities of the two branches of government under
a Common Legislative Agenda (CLA) pursuant
to Republic Act No. 7640. The PLLO regularly
coordinates with the LEDAC Secretariat and
supervises its periodic meetings.
PLLO also maintains active participation in most
Executive policy-making bodies such as the
various Cabinet Clusters, and the Cabinet 1
Assistance System (CAS).
4.3 Capacity-Building
on
Legislative
Advocacy Work
The PLLO also conducts a bureaucracy-wide
Capacity-Building Seminars for members of
the Legislative Liaison System (LLS) on as
well
as
other
interest
aspects
of
legislative
intended
to
provide
necessary
knowledge
groups
advocacy. participants and
tools
various This
is
with
the
that
are
important in their work as legislative liaison
of their respective departments/agencies to Congress. cluster-level
and
the
PLLO
undertakes
agency/department-level
capability seminars. Capacity-building is also
effected through one-on-one consultations of
individual
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Likewise,
advocates
officials of the PLLO.
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5. The History
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he PLLO, being directly responsible to the President for legislative affairs, has gone a long way in ensuring the overall integration of the
Administration’s efforts in the Congress, developing comprehensive legislative engagement strategies and disseminating critical information to all major stakeholders.
Undeniably, Philippines was made known as the “sick man of Asia” to being a “bright spot in Asia.” PLLO has its own share of transformation. From “a mere experiment” in 1987 and “temporary conduit” between Congress and the President, PLLO has metamorphosed to being “an indispensable cog” in the whole government machinery.
During the time of President Corazon C. Aquino, PLLO has emerged into the national psyche for the primary purpose of responding to the immediate need for a formal conduit of official communications between the newly restored Philippine Congress and the fledgling administration. The process of bargaining and compromise between the Executive and Legislative branches has greatly challenged PLLO but later on gained momentum. In fact, under the administration of President Fidel V. Ramos, several pronouncements were issued that further
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strengthened the existence of PLLO and propelled a departure from the traditional mould of a government entity. In particular, during the first plenary conference of President Ramos with the newly elected Senators and Congressmen held at Malacanang, President Ramos formally announced that:
“The PLLO is the agency under the Office of the President that will liaise with Congress on all matters impinging on executive-legislative relations.” 1 Subsequently, at the regular meeting of the Cabinet immediately thereafter, President Ramos issued one of the most significant statements that guided the modern-day PLLO, to wit:
“The PLLO is the agency under the Office of the President tasked to officially orchestrate the formulation and shepherding of the Executive-Legislative Agenda and all other concerns of the Executive Department having to do with the Legislature.”
The above statement was made official in an accompanying Memorandum Order signed by President Ramos that effectively affirmed the stewardship role of the PLLO over the Legislative Liaison System. Memorandum Order No. 24 specifically required all government departments
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and agencies to designate their respective liaison officers, preferably with the rank of Assistant Secretary, to closely coordinate with the PLLO in the shepherding of administration measures and in the promotion of collaborative relations with Congress.
The merging of the Legislative Affairs Office (LAO) and the PLLO during the administration of President Joseph E. Estrada, with both offices under the administration and operational jurisdiction of the PLLO headed by the Presidential Adviser on Legislative Affairs, intensified the role of PLLO and strengthened the legislative procedures. In the following years, efforts of the PLLO were sustained under the Macapagal-Arroyo Administration.
President
Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo further affirmed the growing reliance on the PLLO and recognition of its strategic significance within the whole bureaucracy in various capacities. The PLLO’s strategic post as an authority in the legislative environment was further intensified. It was concretely manifested in the designation of the PLLO as regular member of key national consultative bodies focused on the formulation and monitoring of developmental policies.
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Table 1. The Legal Bases and Institutional Milestones
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During the administration of President Benigno S. Aquino III, a major reorganization of the cabinet cluster system was implemented through Executive Order No. 43. With this, the PLLO is designated as a member of the cluster on Good Governance and Anti-Corruption with the mandate of promoting transparency, accountability, participatory governance and strengthening of public institutions. This cluster, together with the other four cabinet clusters created under same Executive Order, namely: Human Development and Poverty Reduction; Economic Development; Security, Justice and Peace; and Climate Change Adaptation and Mitigation, serves as the primary mechanism of the Executive Branch for directing all efforts towards the realization of the Social Contract with the Filipino People. Indeed, the PLLO, being a bureaucratic innovation that has survived the test of times since EDSA revolution, continues to become a hub of innovations. The then objective of ensuring smooth and sustainable relations with legislative bodies has remained and even further strengthened.
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1. The Functional Offices
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he PLLO maintains “strategic coordinating posts” in the Senate, in the House of Representatives and in Malacañang Palace to ensure effective and efficient advocacy of official party lines, to monitor the progress of Administration measures, and to advise the President and concerned executive departments/ offices of relevant developments in Congress. With its three office stations, the PLLO has a total of 42 approved plantilla positions that include the Head and two Undersecretaries, each heading the PLLO stations in the Senate and in the House of Representatives. In the pursuit of its mandate, the PLLO maintains offices at the New Executive Building in the Malacañang Compound, Senate and House of Representatives to ensure effective and efficient advocacy of official party lines and to monitor the progress of administration measures.
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The PLLO is composed of four (4) units/outposts namely: • Office of the Presidential Legislative Adviser • Liaison Office for the Senate • Liaison Office for the House of Representatives • Administrative, Finance and Management Division 1.1. Office of the Presidential Legislative Adviser 1.1.1. Responsible for promoting Presidential Legislative initiatives and other
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Administration-sponsored priority policy reforms and development programs; 1.1.2. Advises the President on all matters pertaining to legislation and Executive Legislative relationship and manages the President’s day-to day relations with individual members of Congress, including Executive-Legislative dialogues/conferences and other Presidential activities requiring the participation of Congressional members; 1.1.3. Coordinates with the Legislative Executive Advisory Council (LEDAC) in the formulation and shepherding of the shared policy reform priorities of the Executive and Legislative Branche under a Common Legislative Agenda; 1.1.4. Responsible for general planning, direction and control over the functions and activities of the organization and oversees the implementation of approved operating policies, plans and programs; and 1.1.5. Responsible for the implementation of projects/ assignments directly emanating from the President or the Cabinet, e.g. the oversight function of monitoring the implementation of new laws.
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1.2. Liaison Office for the Senate 1.2.1. Responsible for the liaising and monitoring of administration bills and other administration-sponsored priority policy reforms and Development programs as far as the Senate is concerned, forming vital linkages with the Legislative Liaison System (LLS); 1.2.2. Assists in promoting Presidential Legislative initiatives and other Executive issuances through a strategic information dissemination campaign and sustained day-to-day collaboration with the Senate; 1.2.3. Responsible for the review of Senate bills recommended for certification by the President as urgent and/or priority bill; 1.2.4. Conducts political analyses through voting patterns in the Senate and the like that serve as bases for facilitating relationships and the formulation of policies and implementation thereof; 1.2.5. Addresses concerns and requests of members of the Senate particularly those addressed to the President and various Executive departments and agencies; and 1.2.6. Prepares reports/advisories on crucial legislative operations and developments, sentiments and reactions of members of the Senate on specific bills and issues. 1.3. Liaison Office for the House of Representatives
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1.3.1. Responsible for the liaising and monitoring of administration bills and other administration-sponsored priority policy reforms and development programs as far as the House of Representatives is concerned, forming vital linkages with the Legislative Liaison System (LLS); 1.3.2. Assists in promoting Presidential Legislative initiatives and other Executive issuances through a strategic information dissemination campaign and sustained day-to-day collaboration with the House of Representatives; 1.3.3. Responsible for the review of House bills recommended for certification by the President as urgent and/or priority bill; 1.3.4. Conducts political analyses through voting patterns in the House of Representatives and the like that serve as bases for facilitating relationships and the formulation of policies and implementation thereof; 1.3.5. Addresses concerns and requests of members of the House of Representatives particularly those addressed to the President and the various Executive departments and agencies; and 1.3.6. Prepares reports/advisories on crucial legislative operations and developments, sentiments and reactions of members of the House of Representatives on specific bills and issues.
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1.4. Administrative, Financial and Management Division 1.4.1. Responsible for the planning, direction and control of activities related to human resources management and development, accounting and budget management, general services, purchasing and property administration; 1.4.2. Responsible for addressing timely and effectively the financial and administrative requirements of the various operational units of the agency; 1.4.3. Prepares and maintains accurate recording and reporting system; conducts examination and review of all financial transactions; and ensures adequate control measures in the administration of funds and property; and 1.4.4. Ensures that agency personnel, accounting, budgeting and financial practices, systems and procedures are in conformity with existing rules and regulations.
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2. The Logical Framework
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very conscientious and concerted effort of PLLO’s functional offices in stirring the legislative environment has gone a long way.
And as any other government entities, PLLO strives to achieve desired outcome and long-term impact of its legislative and development programs/projects. With a view to responsive legislation, PLLO is guided by its own Results Monitoring and Evaluation approaches through the Logical Framework (LogFrame). The LogFrame enables PLLO to assess the effectiveness of all legislative affairs with respect to its development goals and objectives.
Aligned with its organizational mandate and functions, below is the LogFrame which guides the PLLO.
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3 . The Performance Measures and Targets
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ased on the Organizational Performance Indicator Framework (OPIF), government agencies like PLLO must specify its appropriate
performance indicators and accomplishment targets. For focus and manageability, the PLLO has identified three (3) Performance Indicators (PIs). The following PIs were agreed upon, harmonized and confirmed among the PLLO Head, National Economic Development Authority (NEDA) and the Department of Budget and Management (DBM). The performance of PLLO will be assessed based on specific numerical (percentage) performance measurement of the agency targets and actual accomplishments. PRESIDENTIAL LEGISLATIVE LIASON OFFICE (PLLO) PROGRAM PERFORMANCE INDICATORS A. Title of Program
Shepherding* of Presidential Legislative Initiatives and other Administration-sponsored Priority Policy Reforms and Development Programs
B. Organization Outcome: The President’s Priority Policy Reforms, Legislative Agenda and other Administration’s Program of Governance Promoted C. Program Objective Statement: To ensure that the President’s Legislative Priorities** are enacted into law and other legislative initiatives of Congress are made consistent with the policies and program of governance of the President and the Administration D. Output Indicators: 1. Number of advisories/reports relative to legislative/congressional concerns prepared and submitted to the President/ Cabinet 2. Number of measures under the President’s Legislative Agenda shepherded towards the advance stages of the legislative process 3. Number of interventions employed which led to the harmonization of pending measures in Congress with the policies of the Administration 4. Number of engagements with the LLS, CSOs, NGOs, and other organized groups 5. Number of engagements to effectively address executive-legislative concerns E. Outcome indicators: 1. Effective inputs to the President’s formulation of policies and and/or presidential response on emerging issues 2. Enactment into law of the President’s priority legislative agenda 3. Consistency of legislative measures approved by Congress with the President’s/Administration’s policies 4. Enhanced greater appreciation of the legislative process to allow meaningful and broader participation by all stakeholders 5. Enhanced Executive-Legislative collaboration and partnership to generate congressional support
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1. Organizational Structure
1.1. Presidential Adviser on Legislative Affairs and Head
(Secretary Level)
1.2. Presidential Legislative Assistants
(Undersecretary Level)
1.3. Head of the Management Support Services
(Division Chief Level)
1.4. Presidential Legislative Liaison Officers 1.5. Executive and Administrative Assistants
The table below shows the authorized 42 plantilla positions of PLLO.
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2. The Management and Supervision
2.1. Presidential Legislative Adviser and Head, PLLO (Secretary Level) Serves as adviser to the President on all matters relating to legislation and Executive-Legislative relations by managing the President’s day-to-day relations with individual members of the Congress, including Executive-Legislative dialogues/conferences and other Presidential activities requiring the participation by the Congressional Leadership, e.g. LEDAC, Ad-Hoc Task Committee and providing all necessary administrative and operational support; Organizes, directs and supervises the promotion of the President’s Legislative Agenda-from bill drafting to inter-agency consultation, legal and legislative research, advocacy and conflict resolutions to avoid gridlock, preparation of Presidential certification to preparation for Presidential ceremony on bill signing; Conducts complete staff work on enrolled bills to secure the position of departments concerned thereto and makes the recommendation for the appropriate Presidential action on the same;
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Provides mechanism for effective exchange of information, consultation and coordination among the Executive departments, agencies and instrumentalities and with Congress and other interest groups;
Interfaces with all government bodies, whenever necessary, to ensure consistency of the Administration’s legislative proposals with existing programs; Consolidates political support from Congress and other interest groups; Monitors the progress of all Administration bills and other measures affecting the Presidency, existing government programs and other overall government machinery, and informs the President of such developments on daily basis; and Performs other functions directly emanating from the President of the Cabinet, e.g., the oversight function of monitoring the implementation of new laws.
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top level policy-making meetings such as the LEDAC, Cabinet Cluster on National Security and Political Stability, WTO-AFTA-APEC Advisory Commission, and NSC; Participates in inter-agency and inter-branch technical working groups (TWG), pursuant to Presidential directives or in furtherance of Presidential legislative initiatives, to formulate the policy position of the Executive Branch in relation to pending legislative measures and current issues in Congress and/or drafts/ reviews legislative proposals to be certified by the President to Congress as Administration measures; Formulates the work plans and programs of the office as well as supervises the performance by all personnel of work assignments, the implementation of operation procedures and mechanisms to best monitor developments at all levels of the legislative process and the consolidation of the relevant information in both Senate and the House of Representatives that impinge on the President’s legislative agenda and policy pronouncement, vis-a-vis data from concerned agencies or sectors in
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line with the preparation for defense of a legislative measure; and ensures the preparation of accurate and relevant advise/communications addressed to the President, the Cabinet and individual Executive agencies; and Manages the President’s day-to-day business with members of the Congress by coordinating with the appropriate Malacañang offices the preparation of the President’s indicative calendar for the month; assists in the arrangements for the participation by members of Congress in the President’s official provincial and foreign visits; and supervises preparation and management of the President’s one-on-one weekly or special meetings with the legislators. 2.2.2. Promotes efficient and effective Executive-Legislative relations. Confers with concerned Legislative Liaison Officers and technical personnel of concerned departments or with Congress leadership and secretariat in the legislative process;
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members; and Provides appropriate technical and administrative support during meetings of the Cabinet and its Cluster E, the Legislative Liaison System and all its clusters, the LEDAC, the Executive Legislative Resource Mobilization Working Committee, the Social Reform Council and its TWG, and the WTO-AFTA Advisory Commission, and prepares and/or presents reports as may be required. 2.2.3 Promotes Presidential linkage with sectoral organizations, local government units and other interest groups. Oversees the preparation and reviews of all communications or information for dissemination to PLLO publics; Drafts speeches/messages for the President and the Presidential Adviser and holds lectures or delivers speeches before interest groups, NGOs, etc. for and in behalf of the Presidential Adviser; and Assists in the formulation and implementation of sector-focused projects intended to promote and reinforce collaborative and cooperative relations with various sectoral clients,
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including media and informal sectors. 2.3. Presidential Legislative Assistant (Undersecretary Level) 2.3.1 Assists the Presidential Legislative Adviser and Head, PLLO in the development of an effective implementation plan which contains the operating policies and systems of the office pertaining to legislative affairs; 2.3.2 Assists the Presidential Legislative Adviser and Head, PLLO on all the latter’s actions and initiatives relating to legislations, congressional audience with the President, congressional requests/recommendations, Executive Legislative conferences (e.g. LEDAC Task Force, FVA Commission/Oversight Committee), and inter-agency meetings relating to legislations; 2.3.3. Keeps Congress informed about the thinking of the Executive regardin policy issues being considered by Congress and also interpret the congressional mood to the officials of the Executive; 2.3.4. Attends personally to request and concerns of the individual members of Congress; 2.3.5. Assists in the preparation of regular schedules of prioritized activities for legislative operations; 2.3.6. Prepares periodic reports on the
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performance of legislative operations for submission to the President, the Presidential Legislative Adviser and as required by other offices or individuals; 2.3.7. Coordinates the activities of various sectoral organizations and interest groups; and 2.3.8. Reviews and approves reports/ correspondences prepared by subordinates. 2.4. Presidential Legislative Liaison Officer III (Assistant Secretary Level) 2.4.1. Serves as Legal Assistant to the Presidential Legislative Adviser and Head, PLLO on bills which necessitate legal interpretation; 2.4.2. Represents the Presidential Legislative Adviser and Head, PLLO in top level inter-department meetings and discussions; 2.4.3. Assists the Presidential Legislative Adviser and Head, PLLO on the latter’s actions and initiatives relating to legislation, congressional audience with the President, congressional requests/recommendation, Executive Legislative conferences (e.g. LEDAC Task force, VFA Commission/Oversight Committee), and inter-agency meetings relating to legislation; 2.4.4. Monitors the confirmation process conducted by the Commission on
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Appointments on all the nominations/ appointments submitted by the President for confirmation; 2.4.5. Liaises with the Executive Departments on legislative matters; and 2.4.6. Oversees the administrative operation of PLLO’s three (3) outposts: PLLO Malacañang, PLLO-Senate and PLLO House of Representatives. 2.5. Presidential Legislative Liaison Officer II (Director IV Level) 2.5.1. Assists the Presidential Legislative Adviser (PLA)/Head, PLLO in the latter’s actions and initiatives relative to the promotion of the Presidential Legislative agenda, and with congressional requests/recommendations and represents PLA in top-level policy making meetings such as the Legislative-Executive Development Advisory Council (LEDAC), the National Security Council and all others as assigned; 2.5.2. Provides appropriate technical and administrative support during meetings of the Cabinet and the Legislative Liaison System (LLS) and its clusters, the LEDAC, the Social reform Council, and prepares reports as may be needed; 2.5.3. Participates and presents reports as maybe required, in inter-agency technical working groups (TWGs)/
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meetings in furtherance of Presidential legislative initiatives, and in sectoral organizations and other interest groups to promote Presidential linkages; 2.5.4. Assists in developing/implementing/ maintaining a feedback mechanism for the effective/efficient exchange and coordination of information within the organization and with the executive agencies/LLS members; 2.5.5. Coordinates with concerned Presidential Legislative Liaison Officers and LLS officers/members and technical personnel of concerned Departments in following through the legislative process; 2.5.6. Reviews legislative proposals to be certified by the President to Congress as Administration or other priority measures, and helps prepares presidential certifications thereto; 2.5.7. Assists in formulating work plans/ programs of the office, helps implement and supervises the performance of work assignments, and attends office budget technical meetings; and 2.5.8. Reviews communications received, drafts responses thereto and oversees attendant process therein including their dissemination.
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2.6. Head Executive Assistant 2.6.1. Serves as the clearing officer for documents, reports, and communications for signature and/or action of or by the Presidential Legislative Adviser and PLLO Head; 2.6.2. Assists the Presidential Legislative Adviser and PLLO Head in supervising/ directing operational and administrative transactions of the office; 2.6.3. Drafts reports/communications for the Presidential Legislative Adviser and Head, PLLO intended to either base of Congress and/or other departments/ agencies concerning legislation and related importance matters; 2.6.4. Coordinates the activities of the staff to ensure effective and efficient support to the Presidential Legislative Adviser and Head, PLLO; 2.6.5. Screens and keeps confidential matters which may be referred to the Presidential Legislative Adviser and Head, PLLO; and 2.6.6. Performs other functions that may be assigned from time to time.
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Liaising Services: Legislative – Legislator to Congressional Secretariat and Executive – Undersecretary (DLLO) to Director IV 2.7.2. Duties and Responsibilities Provides technical support in the formulation and implementation of strategic plan/design for the legislative measures; Undertakes necessary researches relative to priority legislative measures; Provides inputs to analyses undertaken on the substantive aspect as well as the political environment that affects the probability of passage of priority legislative measures; Monitors and prepares written reports of the following: • Congressional Committee Hearings (both at the TWG and mother committee level) on priority legislative measures and other significant measures as well as congressional investigation affecting the President and the Administrators • Plenary sessions of Congress • Bicameral Conference Committee Meeting priority measures and other significant measures;
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Undertakes voting pattern analyses on selected priority legislative measures; Manages databases on important legislative and other relevant information, such as: • History/Status of Priority Legislative Measures included in the LEDAC, CLA, SONA Commitments and other significant measures • List of vetoed Measures, Enacted Laws/Republic Acts • Statistical of Laws Enacted • Status of enrollment of legislative measures approved in Congress • Salient features of and other relevant studies on priority legislative measures and other significant measures • Party affiliation and other significant information on members of the House of Representatives (profile);
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Coordinates with and provides inputs to the members of the LLS and other Executive departments on progress/ developments of their specific legislative priority measures;
Assists in the preparation and actual conduct of the:
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Meetings of the LEDAC Plenary and cluster meetings of the LLS Conduct of presidential ceremonial signing of various legislative measures.
Assists in the preparation and actual conduct of presidential ceremonial signing of various legislative measures; Provides regular inputs to the monitoring of Presidential Directives relative to legislation;
Provides assistance to members of Congress and their staff on their specific concerns/ requests from various departments of the executive branch;
Assists in the processing of various requests and communications of members of the House of Representatives and the various departments of the executive branch; Assists in the preparations for the SONA of the President and the President’s Legislative Agenda; Provides inputs to the quarterly/annual physical performance reports required by the DBM; and Performs other functions that may be assigned from time to time.
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2.8. Chief Administrative Officer -Administrative Division 2.8.1 Strategic Priorities/Core Functions Provision for effective and efficient services relating to human resource management, general services, supply and property management, accounting, budget and finance. • Human resource management and development • Procurement and management of supply and property-based • Budget preparation and management of fund utilization • Recording and reporting of financial transactions • Internal Auditing 2.8.2. Duties and Responsibilities Organizes, plans, directs and supervises the overall functions and activities related to personnel administration, salary and wage administration, accounting, budget and finance management, general services, purchasing and property administration;
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Ensures the validity and necessity of financial claims; acts as counter signatory to checks; Reviews and approves/signs contracts, agreements, job orders, requisition issue vouchers and other related documents; Prepares office orders, memos, letters; Reviews appointment papers, screen/ interviews applicants for employment; acts as liaison between management and rank and file employees; gives occasional counseling to staffers; and
Performs other functions that may be assigned from time to time.
2.9 Department Legislative Liaison Specialist 2.9.1. Strategic Priorities/Core Functions Promotion and shepherding of Presidential Legislative initiatives and other Administration-sponsored priority policy reforms and development programs. 2.9.2. Duties and Responsibilities Conducts preliminary researches, inquiries and studies on the President’s Legislative initiatives and other national/ significant bills of Congress;
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Farms out Committee Reports to concerned agencies for review and comments; Collates comments/position papers on national/significant bills for study and recommendation; Prepares, maintains and updates the status of the legislative and certified measures such as the President’s Legislative Agenda, and national/ significant local measures as determined by the Head of Office; Assists in establishing network with the Chiefs of Staff of Congressmen, Committee Secretaries, House Officials and LLS members. Assists/coordinates with LLS members in the conduct of LLS Meetings, inter-departmental coordinative meetings, small groups/one-on-one consultation relative to pending national/ significant measures in Congress;
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for regular meetings of LEDAC/Cabinet/ Cabinet Cluster/LLS/other meetings; Process periodic accomplishment/ performance reports of the Office for submissions to DBM, COA and Congress; Assists during the yearly State of the Nation Address (SONA) physical/ logistics preparation; Handles administrative and financial needs of PLLO-HOR; and Performs other functions that may be assigned from time to time. 2.10. Chief Accountant 2.10.1 Strategic Priorities/Core Functions Provision for effective and efficient services relating to human resource management, general services, supply and property management, accounting, budget and finance. 2.10.2.
Accounting and reporting system maintenance to provide the necessary internal controls.
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payment on the accuracy of computation; certifies that the supporting documents are complete and proper, and the availability of funds; Monthly Trial Balance; Journals; Journal Entry Vouchers; Liquidation Reports; Recording and posting of transactions in the book of accounts; Issues withholding tax certificates to the payees upon payment; and Prepares monthly, quarterly and annual reports. 2.11. Supervising Administrative Officer 2.10.1 Strategic Priorities/Core Functions Provision for effective and efficient services relating to human resource management, general services, supply and property management, accounting, budget and finance. 3
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Ensures accurate computation of personnel benefits;
Assists in the implementation of CSC, GSIS, DBM, Pag-IBIG and PhilHealth personnel programs and policies;
Conducts inquiries/studies and keeps informed of new laws and circulars;
Provides assistance on the requests of employees related to human resource;
Prepares Service record, Certificate of Employment and Compensation, and other data/ information as requested by the personnel;
Monitors performances attendance;
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Maintains an accurate and complete personnel records/files e.g. 201 files, application for leave and leave cards,
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Office Orders, Memorandum Circulars, DTRs, and other Executive & Administrative Orders regarding personnel policies and programs;
Prepares reports required by CSC, DBM, and GSIS;
Prepares the yearly budget proposals of personnel services; and
Performs other function that may be assigned from time to time.
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Implementation of governmentwide supply and property management programs in the agency.
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Executive Assistant III/Property-Supply Officer 1.12.1 Strategic Priorities/Core Functions
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Responsible for the overall custody of supplies, materials and equipment;
Determines the agency’s requirements for office supplies and materials; Posts all issuances of office supplies, materials and equipment, issues Receipts for Equipment (ARE) to establish accountability;
Assists in the implementation of government rules and regulations on public bidding and negotiated contracts, prepares Invitation to Bid, request for Quotations, Abstract of Bids, Notice of Awards, etc.;
Coordinates directly with suppliers regarding price and delivery and sees to it that supplies, materials and equipment delivered are complete and in accordance with acceptable specifications/standards; Prepares Purchase Job Orders, RIS,
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Request, Agency Procurement Requests/Agency Service Agreements and Contracts for approval by the Chief Administrative Officer/Head Executive Assistant/Head of Agency;
Prepares and verifies propriety and accuracy of supporting documents of claims for payment from suppliers;
Ensures that all purchases, repairs, services are properly documented/inspected/recorded prior to processing of payment;
Conducts periodic inventory of supplies and equipment;
Updates Supplies Ledger Card, Inventory of Supplies, Inventory of Equipment and vehicles;
Prepares reports of Supplies and Materials Issued, Inventory of Motor Vehicles, Equipment and Supplies;
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disposal vehicles
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Prepares and file bonding application of Special Disbursing Officer/s (SDOs); and
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1. Formulation of Policy Direction and Legislative Agenda
Integrity. Accountability. Transparency. These are just few of the major elements of public administration and management that shape policy direction and legislative agenda of a given administration. The process of the formulation of the Administration’s Legislative Agenda, the formulation process begins with the President’s clear definition of program of governance which is translated into concrete policy statements and specific legislative proposals. At the start of every session in Congress, policy directions and legislative priorities are presented to members of the House of Representatives and the Philippine Senate in a joint session to signal the President’s and the Administration’s priority thrusts. Itemized SONA priority measures and all other initiatives form part in the President’s Legislative Agenda formulated through a legislative agenda prioritization process.
2. Prioritization of Legislative Agenda 2.1. The President’s Legislative Agenda This process is initiated at the agency department level where all executive units undertake an agency-level legislative agenda prioritization process based on specific agency/department thrusts. However, It also worthy to note
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that this process is different from policy agenda and legislative agenda formulation which is a process undergone through the crafting of the Philippine Development Plan or the PDP-process. The PLLO has limited role in this process and only intervenes when requested by individual department/agency for assistance. The PLLO vets initial program of priorities in terms of level of acceptability in Congress and in terms of consistency with the overall policy thrusts of Government. Once Agency-level Legislative Agenda are formulated, the same are then submitted to appropriate Cabinet Clusters for review for purposes of prioritization wherein individual department/agency legislative proposals are pitted against each other based on specific criteria. Once passed, it shall be packaged as Cluster Legislative Agenda. Again, the PLLO assumes major role in this process. PLLO’s unique perspective given its understanding of the dynamics in Congress and the nuances of the legislative process has been recognized. Each Cluster requests PLLO to provide inputs on the political acceptability of a given proposed measures. These Cluster Legislative Agenda are then
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consolidated by a composite group also known as the Technical Working Group (TWG) of Executive Committee of the LEDAC consisting of the Office of the Deputy Executive Secretary on Legal Affairs (ODESLA), as lead, with the LEDAC Secretariat, the Office of the Cabinet Secretary (CabSec), the Presidential Management Staff (PMS) and the PLLO. The consolidated list is then pre-assessed based on the following criteria prescribed in a memorandum issued by the Executive Secretary: • measure under the PDP/SONA/Social Contract; • international commitment; • Cabinet/NEDA Board/NSC concern; • included in the fiscal/financial or investment program; • political acceptability; and • impact /effects. The result of the completed staff work is then presented to a Cabinet-wide Workshop to consolidate all legislative initiatives and measures. All proposals undergo prioritization process to come-up with the official draft of the President’s Legislative Agenda (PLA). In the same workshop, the TWG-EDAC acts as Secretariat. The presence of the PLLO Undersecretaries for the Senate and the House of Representatives are strongly desired in the workshop given their experience and expertise on the matter. Eventually,
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Presidential Legislative Adviser participates in the workshop to provide inputs on political suitability and likelihood of passage in Congress of all measures presented. After careful and thorough deliberations, the Chairmen of the five (5) Cabinet Clusters, with the Presidential Legislative Adviser and the Executive Secretary proceeds with the short-listing process by determining which among the measures should be submitted to the President for consideration based on urgency, necessity and probability of passage. Once approved, the set of measures will comprise the PLA.
2.2. The LEDAC Common Legislative Agenda The PLA is then directly transmitted to the both Chambers of Congress, through the PLLO for inclusion in the priorities of the House of Representatives and the Senate. Otherwise, the PLA is presented to the LEDAC for consideration and inclusion in the LEDAC Common Legislative Agenda (LEDAC-CLA), the shared priorities of the Executive and Legislative Branches of Government. The PLLO, during the LEDAC meeting, extends assistance to the LEDAC Secretariat in administratively running the meeting as well as provision of technical inputs on political issues. 2.3.
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time, certify measures filed in Congress outside of the PLA and the LEDAC-CLA for immediate enactment based on Article VI, Section 26 (2) of the Philippine Constitution. The President, on the basis of the urgent need to address specific calamity and/or emergency, certifies immediate enactment of these measures. Any member of Congress, executive department/agency or any private organizations or individuals may request the President for said certification and will be signed and endorsed by the President to Congress as long as it meets the constitutional requirement.
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The Executive Secretary, through the ODESLA, then reviews the said proposal and recommends to the President to issue the certification if it finds merit to the request. The certification is then transmitted by the OES to Congress through the PLLO. All throughout this process, the President and/or the Executive Secretary consults the Presidential Legislative Adviser on the political impact as well as technical implications of the said certification in the legislative process. For this purpose, the PLLO outposts in both Chambers assess the political receptiveness of individual members to said proposal to ensure that it will be acted upon favorably by Congress and will not put the exercise in vain and politically embarrass the President.
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2.4. Other measures to address emerging issues, including compliance with International Conventions and other international commitments All things considered, the SONA measures, the PLA, the LEDAC-CLA, and measures certified by the President comprise the universe of legislative measures that the PLLO is mandated to shepherd in the legislative mill. However, other measures may be taken cognizance of by the PLLO when the situation warrants such as measures that require immediate action in compliance with an international agreement or a commitment drawn from an international convention or resolution. Likewise, measures that need to respond to emerging situations or issues but does not qualify as measures for presidential certification may also form part of these lists of priority legislative measures. 2.5
Legislative Measures of Concern Aside from priority measures, the PLLO need to identify as well pending legislative measures in Congress and/or specific provisions thereon which are not consistent with the policies of Administration. These shall be tagged as “red flag bills” that need to be closely monitored and managed to ensure that no measures come out of the legislative mill outside of the program of governance of the Administration.
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3. Formulation of Legislative Advocacy Plan Several planning sessions and workshops are held to flesh-out legislative communication strategies and advocacy plans. Once the list of legislative priorities and “red flag” bills have been identified and consolidated, the Presidential Legislative Adviser shall call for Legislative Priorities Advocacy Planning Session to formulate advocacy plans for the specific measures in the priority list. Initially this is done within the PLLO where a planning workshop is conducted before the start of every regular session of Congress or immediately after opening of every regular session. The PLLO, as a technical body, undertakes an assessment of every measure in the list. This process starts with the clustering of the measures parallel to the Cabinet Cluster System and assigning a PLLO cluster coordinator per cluster of measures in both outposts of the PLLO in the Senate and the House of Representatives. Clusters of Priority Measures • Climate ChangeAdaptation and Mitigation Cluster (CCAM) • Human Development and Poverty Reduction Cluster (HDPR) • Good Governance and Anti-Corruption Cluster (GGAC) • Economic Development Cluster (EDC) • Security, Justice and Peace Cluster (SJPC)
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Once measures are grouped into clusters, each outpost will conduct their respective workshops to plan out advocacy strategies for each and every measure in the list and submit the same to the Presidential Legislative Adviser for approval. Once approved, the Office of the Presidential Legislative Adviser, through the technical legislative team headed by the Head Executive Assistant, will consolidate the same to provide budgetary and logistically support for its implementation. As Presiding Chairman, the Presidential Legislative Adviser will then convene the LLS. The list of priority legislative agenda and the so-called “red flag” bills are presented to the plenary for information before the start of a planning workshop to formulate advocacy strategies. The LLS members will then be asked to break out into clusters corresponding to the clusters of measures and formulate their respective advocacy strategies to steer the measures under their respective clusters. Each cluster advocacy strategy will then be presented to plenary for comments and further suggestions. Once agreed upon, the same will be finalized and translated into a commitment contract agreed upon by all members to implement with specific target outputs and timelines.
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are pre-requisite to an effective implementation of any advocacy strategy. True enough, at any stage of the legislative process, information sharing is vital to be able to effectively assess the nature and timeliness of an intervention. Ideally, a consultation meeting, either one-on-one with concerned agency, by selected concerned agencies, and/or by cluster, is undertaken as initiated by the PLLO or upon request of agency or department concerned to conduct pre-implementation analysis of any intervention. This will ensure the implementation of a calibrated strategy that would minimize setbacks and ensure relative success. Interventions are prompted in various stage of the legislative process in both Chambers of Congress with varying targets based on the required or anticipated outcome. Implementation is supervised and spearheaded by the Undersecretaries of the PLLO in the Senate and House of Representatives in close coordination with each other, concerned executive departments and the Presidential Legislative Adviser. The two PLLO functional offices report on the status of the implementation of the interventions on a regular basis to the Presidential Legislative Adviser. A PLLO management meeting is held weekly to assess the impact and viability of interventions implemented so as to determine the next necessary steps, that is, either to proceed to planned activities or revisit strategies, in which case, decide on whether to go back to the drawing board by undertaking a Legislative Advocacy Planning at the level of the PLLO, the LLS Clusters or the LLS Plenary, accordingly.
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5. Legislative Intervention Programs
The PLLO, as part of its mandate and as support to the effective implementation of advocacy strategies and interventions, also undertakes activities geared toward building a strong and reliable network of support both inside the legislative system, the bureaucracy and the whole political environment. 5.1.
Congressional Request Facilitation
First, the PLLO facilitates requests on various
concerns of members of Congress. A request
in written form or verbally relayed by any
member of Congress is accommodated and
accepted by the PLLO, and transmitted to
concerned
officials
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executive
departments or the President for appropriate
response. Members of Congress often utilize
the PLLO tract since historically it has been
proven effective since executive departments
tend to be more receptive given that the PLLO
is able to present political implications and
scenarios of any requests done not in the
usual bureaucratic process.
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hand,
congressional
request facilitation starts with receipt of written
acknowledgment
of
verbal
requests by members of the Senate and the
House
or of
Representatives.
The
communications are then sent to the Office
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of the Presidential Legislative Adviser for
review in terms of importance and transmit
and/or endorse the same to appropriate department/agencies. The
Office
of
the
Presidential Legislative Adviser then monitors
and follows-up the status of these requests
through the electronic legislative monitoring
system. Members of Congress are then
updated on action/s taken through the PLLO
outposts in both Chambers.
5.2.
Congressional Support Activities
5.2.1. Assistance to the Commission on Appointments The
PLLO
also
confirmation Cabinet
of
by
concerns
assists
in
the
members
of
the
anticipating
of
Commission
members as
well
as
issues/ of
the
private
oppositors and by providing a venue to address the same outside the formal sessions of the Commission. This is done upon request of the agency whose Secretary is up for confirmation or the Commission itself or any of its members to be able to facilitate the confirmation process. The
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considered
a
process
networking
is
building
intervention since it allows the PLLO to link members of Congress and the agencies concerned and establishes
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a rapport and familiarity among. 5.2.2 Audience
with
the
President
of
congressional members The PLLO also manages audience of members
of
Congress
President.
Upon
request
with
the
of
any
member of Congress for an audience with the President, the PLLO sends the formal request with the Office of
the
President. The
processed
by
the
same
is
Appointments
Office of the President with regards to availability of the President and the Presidential Management Staff (PMS) and/or the Office of the Executive Secretary (OES) relative to the substantive requirements of the meeting. In this regard, The PMS/OES requires the PLLO to ascertain the agenda for the said meeting and together with the PLLO and concerned agencies undertakes a complete staff work (CWS) relative to the proposed agenda. Once the CSW is completed and
the
available
schedule
is
determined, the PMS/OES requires
the PLLO to submit its recommendations
in terms of the political implication of said meeting, which together with its assessment, it sent to the President for consideration.
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5.2.3. Ceremonial Enactment into Law of
Significant Measures Any member of Congress and/or proponent executive agencies may request for the signing of a legislative measure into law through a ceremony. Upon request for a ceremonial signing which may be sent directly to the Office of the President or through the PLLO, the Appointments Office of the
President
determines
the
available and appropriate schedule in coordination with the PMS and the OES. Once determined, a coordination meeting
is
conducted
with
all
concerned units of the OP presided by the PLLO to discuss the details of the proposed event. Once details are set, the PLLO prepares the scenario
and
the
program
as
well as proceed to invite concerned personalities (congressional members and other stakeholders) in coordination with the proponent agency/ies of the legislative measure to be signed into law. Preparations also includes, the PLLO ensuring that the document (enrolled
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which
is
usually
a set of seven copies) to be signed has already been transmitted by Congress particularly
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reviewed the same and favorably recommends
the
enactment
into
law of the said measure. During the actual signing ceremony, the PLLO supervises all aspects of the event including protocular requirements as well as the PLLO Head or his designated
official
acting
as
the
master of ceremonies.
5.2.4. Assistance in Provincial Visits
In instances when the President has to attend an event in Malacanang or in any parts of the country involving members of Congress, the Socials Office and the Protocol Office or the Office for Regional Concerns of the PMS as in the case of provincial visits consult the PLLO relative to the management members
of
invited
congressional and/or
present
in the said locality/event. The PLLO provide its recommendations in terms of political hierarchy as well as other vital information, including pending requests of concerned members of Congress needed to ensure the success of said event. Most of the time, PLLO officials are even asked to be present in said events to personally
handle
members
of
Congress present.
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5.3.
Capacity-Building for Stakeholders
Strengthening of human and institutional capabilities
has
been
continually
acknowledged and considered. As a support
platform
to
advocacy
intervention
and
implementation, the conduct of capacity
building for members of the LLS, concerned
units of various executive departments/ agencies
and
other
stakeholders
from
outside the bureaucracy is regularly undertaken
by the PLLO. The PLLO, on a yearly basis,
conducts
a
bureaucracy-wide
Capacity-
Building Seminars for members of the
Legislative Liaison System (LLS) on various
aspects of legislative advocacy. This is intended to provide participants with the necessary knowledge and tools that are
important in their work as legislative liaison of
their
respective
departments/agencies
to
Congress. Likewise, the PLLO spearheads cluster
level and agency-level capability seminars as
well as capacity initiatives for selected civil
society
organizations,
organizations and local government units.
Focus-group
non-governmental
discussions,
key-informant
sessions and one-on-one consultations are
participated by a number of legislation
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6. Review and Feedback Mechanisms 6.1.
Legislative Advocacy Review
In most cases, implementation of strategies
and advocacy plans are not always favorable,
if not, produced unintended consequences.
The need for constant review is inevitable.
The
PLLO
relentlessly
perform
diligent
reviews of the Legislative Advocacy Plan after
its
implementation. The
PLLO
cascade
the results of the review to concern groups
and stakeholders. The review shall ascertain
the degree of success from implementation,
in particular, the extent to which the plan met
its purpose and requirements as originally
defined. It shall examine all the elements
of the advocacy plan to see whether or not
improvements
have
to
be
made
to
optimize benefits.
6.2. PLLO-LLS
Monitoring
and
Feedback
Mechanism
The PLLO and the LLS have established a
monitoring and feedback mechanism to be
able to effectively track the progress of
measures and timely disseminate the same
to members of the system in order for
appropriate agencies/departments to provide
immediate feedback to address emerging
issues/concerns.
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While individual agencies’ legislative liaison
offices
are
expected
to
monitor
their
respective concerns in Congress, the PLLO
has taken upon itself to provide all members
with information on status and issues on
legislative
measures
respective
department/agencies
pertaining
to
their
at
every
stage of the legislative process. Every PLLO
Cluster coordinator electronically provides
daily updates to their respective members
on progress of measures from filing of the
measure, to first reading in plenary, committee
referral
and
eventually
approval
in
Committee-level, and in plenary on Second
and Third Reading. Agency-level legislative
liaison offices are expected to farm-out these
information to their respective appropriate
units for immediate processing of needed
position of their respective agencies. Once
positions have been formulated and approved,
the agency may proceed to implement
necessary strategies to ensure that their
position is heard or considered in Congress.
Otherwise, they may request the PLLO to
undertake build
consensus
agencies
intervention,
particularly in cases where there is a need
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necessary
and/or
among
concerned
address
concerns
of members of Congress. In any case, the
Department
Legislative
Liaison
Office
provides the PLLO with these positions papers
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shall
form
part
of
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monitoring report of the PLLO on priority and
“red flag” bills which shall be made as inputs
to
the
formulation
of
advocacy
strategies during the LLS cluster and/or
plenary workshops conducted ideally, monthly
and quarterly, respectively.
The PLLO coordinators in two outposts are
able to get these information on progress
and issues relative to these measures by
regular monitoring of the daily plenary session,
committee
hearings,
technical
working group meetings and/or consulting
the online legislative update database of
each
Chamber. The
likewise
PLLO
consistently
secretaries
of
Committees,
coordinators
consult
important key
committee
Congressional
officials
of
the
Congressional Secretariat, legislators and their respective legislative staff as well
as other stakeholders outside of Congress,
if necessary, to able to get a holistic picture
of the issues surrounding each and every
measure being monitored. A report is then
prepared by the PLLO coordinator and submitted to the Undersecretary of each PLLO
outpost
in
the
House
of
Representatives and the Senate for review
and then forwarded to the Presidential Legislative transmit Secretary
Adviser the
that
same
and/or
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to
shall the
President
formally Executive directly.
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The PLLO Coordinators are also expected
to
undertake
parallel
information
dissemination to their respective members
under the LLS as mentioned above for immediate
feedback
and
response,
if necessary.
Monitoring is being undertaken as well
as at the level of the Bicameral Conference
Committee. Although Bicam Conferences
are officially conducted in executive sessions,
the PLLO and the members of the LLS
with concerns on the bills being discussed
in Bicam are enjoined to monitor in whatever
means the conduct of deliberations in the
Bicam. This is necessary to be able to
anticipate concerns of the Bicam panels to be
able
to
immediately
information
or
provide
technical
necessary
assistance
and
therefore ensure approval of acceptable
provisions of the measure being deliberated
on. To
be
able
to
optimize
what
modern
technology offers, the PLLO is currently
in the process of designing its Information
System
Strategic
Plan
(ISSP)
for
implementation in the next three years 4
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It is a recognized fact that an efficient ICT
capability
gathering,
would
processing
improve
data
(analysis
and
consolidation) and dissemination in terms
of information accuracy and quality, and speed
in
collection
dissemination
timeliness
outputs.
The
in
PLLO,
being in the middle of information traffic
between
of
and
the
Legislative
and
Executive
Branches of Government as well as with
other
stakeholders
process,
would
in
be
able
the to
legislative effectively
undertake its mandated function of providing
legislative liaison services by developing a
digital information sharing system focused
on priority Presidential legislative and policy
initiatives and reforms that as of today
has not been established and is not being
offered by existing e-portals.
To
be
called
Electronic-Legislative
Liaison Service System or e-LLS System,
the e-LLS is an integrated and interactive
information portal that will allow access to
generated
legislative/congressional
information impinging on Presidential priority
congressional 4
the
initiatives,
reforms
and
programs collected and processed by the
Presidential (PLLO). This
Legislative system
Liaison will
provide
Office easy
digital inputting of data which shall be automatically consolidated and formatted
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to
desired
reporting
outputs
and
disseminated, transmitted or submitted to
appropriate stakeholders. Under this system,
access to specific information will be based
on security and confidentiality levels of information
available.
Therefore
certain
information may only be accessed by the
President, the Executive Secretary and the
Presidential Legislative Adviser and other information for exclusive access by the
Cabinet and the Legislative Liaison System
(LLS) members while other stakeholders
may be allowed access on information for
public consumption.
Inherent in the said portal is the automatic
review
(validation
and
verification)
and
approval of the heads of the specific systems’
owner (PLLO outpost heads) before access
or dissemination is allowed. This will ensure
accuracy
and
reliability
of
available in the portal.
data
made
Another unique
feature being proposed is the real-time
feedback mechanism wherein stakeholders,
particularly
the
members
of
the
LLS
would be required to immediately respond
to information and/or issues raised by providing
necessary
recommendations
of
positions their
and/or
respective
departments/agencies. This will enable the
PLLO, along with the LLS to be able to
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a unified strategic intervention, if necessary.
The system requires the management of
several databases which shall be integrated
and interoperable across outposts of the
PLLO.
For
initial
implementation
of
the system, five (5) databases have been
identified
and
prioritized.
But
it
is
projected that as soon as the system has been operating, important databases
shall be added to the system.
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LEGISLATIVE ENVIRONMENT AND PROCESSES
1.
The Legislative Environment: Process Locus
1.1. Political Configuration
The bicameral legislature is composed of the House of Representatives
and the Senate.
The HOR, also called the Lower Chamber, a.k.a. the “Bigger House” or the
“House of the People”.
The Senate, also referred to as the Upper Chamber, only has 24 members.
The Senators are elected at large just like the President and the Vice
President;
this
should
explain
why
the
senators
maintain
a
macro perspective and often cross party lines over issues of national impact.
In
the
view
of
some
political
analysts,
senators
are
like
independent republics.
In both Chambers, the majority-minority demarcation is drawn based on the
results of voting over the Speakership and the Senate Presidency. 1.2. Leadership Structure
The HOR has the following leadership structure: Speaker, 6 Deputy Speakers,
Majority Leader, Minority Leader, members of the Committee on Rules
(ex-officio members of all committees) and chairmen/vice-chairmen of
committees/sub-committees. The House Secretariat consists of the following:
Secretary
General,
8
Deputy
SecGens,
Sergeant-at-Arms,
and
the
6 Committee Clusters.
The Senate President, with a Senate President Pro Tempore, heads the Senate
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and the rest are similar with those of the House of Representatives. The
secretariat
consists
of
the
Secretary,
3
Deputy
Secretaries,
Sergeant-at-Arms, and 3 Committee Divisions.
1.3. Ancillary Bodies The
Commission
on
Appointments
is
a
separate
bicameral
entity
mandated by the Constitution to review the qualifications and fitness
of the President’s appointees to the Cabinet, the foreign service corps
and the AFP from the rank of colonel or naval captain; chaired by the
Senate President, with 12 members from the House and 12 members
from the Senate elected on the basis of proportional representation
from political parties including party list organizations.
Each, the House and the Senate, has an Electoral Tribunal as mandated
by the Constitution to serve as sole judge of all contests relating to the election,
the returns, and the qualifications of their respective members. There are nine
members in each tribunal: 3 come from among the Justices of the Supreme Court
and 6 from the Chamber; chaired by the senior Justice in the tribunal.
2.
The Legislative Process: Parallel Process
In a Bicameral System of Legislature, the legislative process may be described
as
a
bit
complicated.
Contrary
to
common
perception,
particularly of those who have not been involved in the mainstream of
policy-making process, the nitty-gritty of legislation is far from being simple.
In fact, for those in the know, this process is like a maze that if one is
not politically sophisticated enough, he/she might get lost or get eternally
trapped in the process without having realized his/her initial objective.
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Hence, knowledge of each of these stages are very important to PLLO
who is the legislative lobbyist of the Administration. It is a must therefore
that PPLO knows these stages by heart, so that PLLO will be able to
strategically intervene when the situation necessitates. PLLO is not a
mere audience at the gallery of the session hall of Congress, but an
active participant in the policy-making process.
2.1. The Bill Drafting
The germ of idea about a bill may come from any conceivable origin.
It may be conceived in coffee shops, in the academe, in the bureaucracy, etc.
But it has to be authored by a member of Congress. It may be filed in either or
both Chambers, ideally done simultaneously in identical copies.
There
are
DIFFERENT
FORMS
by
which
to
pursue
a
legislative
proposal or objective.
2.1.1.
Bill
It has an explanatory note, and various sections such as Short Title,
Declaration of Policy, Guiding Principles, and other provisions to include
funding, separability and repealing clauses, as well as effectivity.
• The title must contain only one subject (e.g., prostitution and vagrancy)
• It may amend, or repeal existing laws; or may pursue legislation
on any subject, as inherent in the plenipotentiary power of Congress.
• It must undergo 3 readings on separate days in both Chambers of
Congress unless certified urgent by the President [N.B.: Article VI, Section 26(2) of the Constitution].
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bill --- to sign into law, to allow it to lapse into law, or to veto.
• When signed into law, it is assigned a Republic Act Number based
on chronology of enactment.
2.1.2.
Joint Resolution
It contains “whereas” clauses to set the premises upon which to build
what the measure resolves to accomplish.
• The title must contain only one subject too.
• Generally, it contains the bicameral sentiment of Congress in pursuit
of a specific objective which hopefully the President will support in no
uncertain terms, such as grant to the President authority to allocate
funds not included in the current year’s General Appropriations Act
(e.g., Jt. Res. 1 in 2004, Revised Compensation and Classification System)
or to create a special body (e.g., Jt. Res. 1 in 1995, creating the Joint
Congressional Commission to review and assess the state of the Philippine
Agriculture) or to mandate a specific urgent function in pursuit of
national interest (Jt. Res.
Agrarian Reform Program).
• It must also undergo 3 readings.
• Has the force and effect of a law when signed by the President;
1 in 2009, extending the coverage of the
otherwise, if not signed by the President, it remains a mere expression of the sentiment of Congress. There is no veto to speak of.
• When signed into law, it is assigned a Joint Resolution Number based
on chronology of enactment within a given year.
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2.1.3. Resolution – merely expresses the sentiment of a single Chamber
(i.e., simple resolution) or both Chambers (i.e., concurrent resolution).
• Inquiries in aid of legislation
• In the performance of legislative oversight
• Concurrent Resolution required in the case of the President’s grant
of amnesty (Article VII Section 19 of the Constitution)
• Goes up to Second Reading only
2.1.4. Privilege Speeches – Any matter that affects the duties, conduct,
rights, privileges, dignity, integrity or reputation of the Chamber or
its members, individually or collectively, may warrant the delivery of a
speech on the floor as a matter of privilege.
• A legislator may register to speak during the Privilege Hour
(Mondays unless suspended) without time limit.
• A legislator may invoke the question of privilege any time, subject to the
permission of the presiding officer and limited to 10 minutes (with extension if requested).
2.1.5. Petition – This is actually a bill pursued through the process
of people’s initiative based on Section 3(b) and Section 11 of R.A. 6735
also known as “Initiative and Referendum Act”.
Filed exclusively by legislators are PETs in pursuit of a legislative objective
except a PET that is physically presented to the Secretary General for
proper authentication and authored by a private group or individual.
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2.2. Consensus Bill Process
During the past Administration, there has evolved an innovative paradigm
that linked at the conceptualization phase of a bill the stakeholders and the
implementing
agencies
of
the
executive
branch. This
is
called
the
“Consensus Bill Process.”
The move was initiated by the PLLO within the Social Reform Council
(now integrated with other Poverty-Alleviation Agencies under the National
Anti-Poverty Commission or NAPC) in response to the strong rejection
by the basic sectors of certain well-intended pieces of social legislation
churned out by Congress which fail to respond to actual situation on the ground.
The process requires the holding of sectoral assemblies or consultations
to determine the collective sentiment across the whole spectrum of interest
groups
and
stakeholders
including
the
government.
Subsequently,
when the draft bill is filed in Congress, a Presidential certification
on the necessity of its enactment is issued.
2.4. First Reading
Under the Constitution, certain bills have to originate exclusively in the HOR.
To wit:
a. Appropriations (GAA or any fund allocation or reduction)
b. Revenue (Share in the Proceeds of Government Sale of Properties,
Amendments to NIRC, Idle Land Tax, Registration Fee, Tax Holidays)
c. Public Debt (debt cap)
d. Tariffication (Import Quota Allocations, MAV, Import Restrictions, Tariff rates)
e. Local Application (Infrastructure, creation of new cities, etc.; renaming)
f.
Under the Constitution too, treaties, international conventions and agreements
Private (franchise)
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have to be considered exclusively by the Senate for possible ratification
(e.g., WTO related agreements, ILO convention agreements, Bilateral Agreements).
Just as it suggests, the bill is simply read for the first time into the
official records of Congress at session time. The bill which consists of the body
and the explanatory note is submitted to the Bills and Index for numbering.
2.5. Committee Consideration
When the bill is “read,” it is also referred to the appropriate committee
for consideration.
•
In the HOR, there are 48 regular committees, 11 special committees,
and 3 task forces;
In the Senate, there are 36 regular committees and 7 special committees.
•
This explains why Congress runs out of conference rooms and their
meetings spill over hotels and restaurants.
It is at the committee level where intervention is paramount. The lobby effort
or
representation
by
concerned
agencies
or
stakeholders
can
spell
the difference between the bill as originally filed and the bill as reported
out for plenary consideration.
•
A committee only has 30 days to act on a measure referred to it.
But of course, some bills are shelved or archived.
Sometimes, the referral of the bill can be influenced to ensure its referral
•
to a more cooperative or sympathetic chairman.
•
From the committee, the committee report goes to Committee on
Rules for clearance and calendaring on Second Reading. Lobbying can
result to an early schedule for floor deliberation.
2.6. Second Reading
At this juncture, the rest of the members of the Chamber get a crack at the
bill during the plenary consideration. The committee bill goes thru a series
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Amendments (Committee and Individual)
• Approval - acclamation (no objection to a motion to approve),
viva voce (division of the house) or nominal voting (explanation of votes)
2.7. Third Reading
Three days after the copy of the bill as approved on Second Reading
has been distributed to the members, the Third Reading is set. If the
bill is not controversial, it simply goes thru the perfunctory motion of calling
the roll. Otherwise, it is accompanied by explanation of votes.
2.8. Conference Committee
In the Philippine context, this is the final arbiter of the shape of a piece of legislation.
This is sometimes referred to as the Third Chamber.
•
Consists of elected members of the two Chambers, sometimes with the
Senate President and the Speaker chairing their respective panels.
•
The conflicting provisions of the House and Senate versions are reconciled.
•
Last ditch lobbying must be exerted.
•
Deliberations are normally clothed with confidentiality so creativity is
necessary to access information and influence the decision-making from
within the conference room.
The end product of the bicameral conference is contained in a report which is
submitted to the floor of the two Chambers for ratification. Thereafter,
the harmonized version is printed in final form often referred to as “enrolled copy”
and submitted to the President for his consideration.
2.9. Presidential Action
Utmost precaution is taken to protect the integrity of the enrolled copy.
It is reviewed against the Bicameral Report line-by-line and countersigned
by the secretariat and leadership of both Chambers.
Once received by Malacanang, the 30-day countdown starts for its
final enactment. The President has 3 options:
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To affix his signature,
•
To allow it to lapse into law, or
•
To exercise his veto power
The last option is resorted to only when the President has very serious
objections to the proposed law. His/her veto message must be submitted
to
the
There
originating is
the
Chamber
danger
of
a
within
the
30-day
congressional
prescriptive
override
by
a
period. vote
of
2/3 of the members.
Generally, a law becomes effective 15 days after publication in the Official Gazette or a newspaper of national circulation; or otherwise
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3. Political Mapping and Stakeholder Analysis
Between the executive and legislative branches, the PLLO has learned about
the political terrain within Congress but have yet to immerse in the actual
dynamics of legislation until PLLO has conducted in-depth analysis of the
actors in the legislative process.
“KYC”
is
a
procedural
standard
applied to financial transactions.
a.k.a.
“know-your-clients”
commonly
PLLO can also adapt it in the context of
legislative advocacy. “KYC” would then mean knowing the composition
of the entire political spectrum of actors or players relative to a legislative
proposal for better targeting and shepherding.
For this purpose, two advocacy tools are found applicable: stakeholder analysis
and political mapping.
3.1. Stakeholder Analysis
3.1.1.
Stakeholder analysis requires the identification, classification,
and characterization of potential major stakeholders on a policy
issue in terms of
•
Position (i.e., profession/socioeconomic status);
•
Interest (i.e., motivation); and
• Power
(i.e.,
capacity
to
influence
behavior,
opinion or action).
3.1.2. Stakeholders
are
individuals,
groups,
organizations
or
institutions that have a significant interest on the success of
an advocacy project. They are the policymakers, duty bearers/
implementers, facilitators coming from various sectors – such
as civil society, business, academe, media, and faith-based
organizations.
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Policy audience – individuals or groups engaged in
policymaking who may be influenced to support
a policy change.
Policy champions – leaders with huge capacity to
•
articulate
the
issue,
to
command
respect
from
colleagues, and/or to exert persuasive effect over a
policy audience.
•
Policy advocacy partners – individuals pushing for the
approval of a certain policy stand (not necessarily new
policy but may include repeal or refinement of an
existing policy)
•
Final beneficiaries – sector of society who will benefit from a policy change.
3.1.3.
How to conduct a policy-oriented stakeholder analysis:
•
Define the policy change proposal;
•
Identify all individuals and groups who are interested
or affected by the policy change proposal;
Gather information in terms of position, interest,
•
power and capacity to participate in the advocacy
for or against the proposal;
Identify
•
and
analyze
the
extent
of
cooperation,
collaboration or conflict in the relationships between
and among the stakeholders;
•
Draw conclusions that will serve as guide in the
formulation of advocacy strategy that will include
the following design elements:
o
Activities to enhance cooperation and collaboration
arrangement among supporters and potential
supporters,
o
Management and coordination arrangements to
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sustain participation of stakeholders,
Distribution and equity issues to understand
o
stakeholders motivation. 3.1.4.
To further assist in stratifying the spectrum of stakeholders,
juxtapose two important factors –
The degree of power or capacity to influence (on the x axis)
and
(on the y axis); then divide a square with quadrants and
place “passive beneficiary” on the lower left, “vested beneficiary”
on the lower right; “show patron” on the upper left and
“key player” on the upper right.
“Passive beneficiary” refers to stakeholders with low level of
influence on or interest in the project; no need to be monitored.
“Vested beneficiary” refers to stakeholders who give high
importance to the success of the project but with low influence
e.g., elderly, children, IPs or unorganized sectors who are
direct beneficiaries but of little voice in the advocacy.
“Show patron” refers to stakeholders with high influence
whose interests may not necessarily be aligned with the overall
goals of the project. These are the ones to be monitored and
managed properly as source of potential risk e.g., politicians,
businessmen. “Key player” refers to stakeholders with high
degree of influence on the project and of high importance
for its success.
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3.2. Political Mapping
3.1.1.
Political mapping is used to record and analyze alliances
and/or positions of political actors or stakeholders relative
to a particular policy proposal.
3.1.2.
Show the three overlapping circles representing the civil
society (CS), the political society (PS), and the state.
The
identified relative to a policy proposal.
•
intersections
represent
the
alliances
must
CS includes NGOs, business, church, academe, media
and private institutions or personalities.
PS
•
which
includes
political
parties,
consultancies
and
related institutions and personalities;
The state refers to the government machinery including
•
NGAs and LGUs.
3.1.3.
When one starts to ask questions about the alliances,
that is when political maps generate important information
that impacts on the advocacy for a policy proposal, some of
which will lead to certain by-products –
•
Rapid identification of problems – pin-points impediments
to policy proposals including personalities; clarifies
motivation of players
•
Improved communication among organizations
•
Promotes new advocacy ideas and strategies
• Data
banking
related
to
political
problems
(testimonial and documentary evidence)
•
Improved political feasibility of policy
3.1.4.
Questions to ask (See Political Mapping Matrix; Appendices)
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3.1.5.
Identify all the actors relative to a particular proposed policy
change and rate them as to whether they are supportive,
opposed, or neutral in the high, medium or low levels.
3.1.6. “Resources”
refer
to
financial,
leadership
and
organizational resources.
Table 3. StakeHolders Analysis Matrix Form
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Interest and how affected by the issue
Position on Policy
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Possible actions to address Stakeholder Interests
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911.6246 TF 912.9281, 911.6246
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304.3229, 304.3295 TF
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837.7497 TF, 837.3190 TF 837.2071 Loc. 2046
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DSWD
951.2239 DL, 931.9131 F 951.7123 TF, 931.8101 loc. 211
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Department of Tourism DOT Bldg., T.M. Kalaw St., Manila
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459. 5200 Loc. 316 DL, 823.3819 F 459.2000 459. 5200 Loc. 316 DL, 823.3819 F
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Department of Trade and Industry 6F Trade and Industry Bldg., 361 Sen. Gil Puyat Ave. Makati City
DTI
895.3993 TF, 465.3392 DL 751.5986 to 84 751.5986, 751.3437 751.5986 to 84 751.5986 TF 895-3977
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723.1507 TF 725.9304 TF 725.9304 TF 727.7910 Loc 265
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812-0735 811-4172 telefax
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631-3701, 631-0945 loc 301, 635.4794 F 631.3718 631-3705 631-3705 631-3705 635-9337 635-9337 635-9337
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NAPC
426-5028 local 115, 4234135 F 426.5028 local 105
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Civil Service Commission CSC Bldg., Consitutional Hills, Quezon City
CSC
931-8016/931-7935/931-7939 931-7947/951-4627 931-7947/9514627 9514627/931-7939 loc 265
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931.9220, 931.9232 931.9278, 931.7586 931.9220, 931.9232 932.9232
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Commission on Election Palacio del Gobernador Bldg., Intramuros, Manila
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525.9294, 525.9301 F 525-9345
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927.4033 DL., 927.6254 F 927-6254 926.2905 927.2199
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Office of the Ombudsman Agham Road, North Triangle, Diliman, Quezon City
OMBUDSMAN
926.8738, 926.8734 DL., 926. 8734 F 927.0669 DL, 926.8715 F 928-7548 479-7300 loc 112
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Agricultural Credit Policy Council 3/F Agustin I Bldg., Emerald Ave., Ortigas Center, Pasig City
ACPC
584.3861, 634.3320 to 21
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911.8121 TF 911.6001, 911.8121 TF
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708-7066 DL, 708.7909 TF 302.3979 708.7069 DL, 708.7909 F 523.4421, 302.3979 524.6085 F 708.7069 DL, 708.7909 F
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926.5536
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807.2368 Loc. 110, 809.8299 F 809-8588 loc 807. Superintendent’s Office – local 2368
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527.4537, 523.4573 (F)
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454.7211 927-5147, 927.6383 loc. 113
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736.1171, 735.3069, 735.3144 F
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552.4740, 552.4706, 561.8332 F 552.4740 DL, 561.8317 TF
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441.1258 Loc. 314, 313 988.0002 TF
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725.8536, 721.5324 TF
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781.1035 Loc. 1003 781.1035 or 39 Loc 2003, 2004
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929.1753, 929.4544 929.6639 F
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920.2241, 928-3725, 290.2246 F 928.3782
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813.4667 TF
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924.3370, 927.2710 F 927.3061
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523.8461, 524,4784 525.2015, 522.1434 F 522.1434 F
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515.0326, 736.2524 Loc. 111
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921.1368, 925.6970 Legal 925-4498
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882.4151, 881.7467F 882.0910, 882.4151
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376.7380 Loc. 115, 376.7358
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810.5461, 509.5166, 8104831 to 42 Loc. 230
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526.1073, 522.8418 DL 562.1073 F
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523.0199 527.2192 to 98
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952.6490 to 91, 952.4875 TF 952.4540, 952.4873
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932.3663 952.2809
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912.9281, 911.6246, 912.5256 912.9281, 911.6246
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575-1200 loc. 1023
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National Historical Commission of the Philippines NHCP Bldg., T.M. Kalaw St., Manila, 1000
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254.7482 loc. 128
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843.1337
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927.4245 Loc.1304, 433.5333 F 929.0414 TF
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813.4667 TF
National Tax Research Center Harbor Center II, 23rd St., cor. Delgado St., Port Area Manila
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527.2064 TF 527.2050 F
National Telecommunications Commission NTC Bldg., BIR Road, East Triangle, Diliman, Quezon City
NTC
924.4042, 924.4048 921.7128 F
Office of the Cabinet Secretary J.P. Laurel St., San Miguel, Malacañang Palace, Manila
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733.4797 TF 784.4286 733.4797 TF 733.4797 TF 733.4797 TF 733.3718 DL, 734.2215
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Office of the Executive Secretary for Legal Affairs Mabini Hall, Malacañang, Manila
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736.1429, 736.1014 784.4286 loc. 4368 736-1429, 736-1014 784-4286 loc 4368
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784.4286 Loc. 4926 784.4286 Loc. 4533, 735.0821 F
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Office of the Presidential Adviser on the Peace Process 6th Floor, Agustin 1 Building F. Ortigas Jr. Avenue (formerly Emerald Avenue), Ortigas Center, Pasig City
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636.0701b Loc. 864, 638.2216 F 636.0701 loc.824, 638.2216 F 636-0701 loc 824
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Office of the Vice-President Cocunut Palace, PICC Complex, Pasay City
OVP
376.7380 Loc. 115, 376.7358
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Optical Media Board 35 Scout Limbaga St., Brgy. Laging Handa, Quezon City
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374.0217, 374.0460
Philippine Commission on Women 1145 J.P. Laurel St., San Miguel, Manila
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735.4955 735.8918, 735.1654 Loc. 109 DL 735.1654 Loc. 128 DL 736.4449 F
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932.0734 723.0401 loc. 3354 723.0401 Loc. 3354 932.0734, 931-5001 loc. 7642 932-0734
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Philippine Ports Authority Bonifacio Drive, South Harbor, Port Area, Manila
PPA
527.4424
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Philippine Overseas Employment Administration 3/F POEA Bldg., Oritgas Ave. cor. EDSA, Mandaluyong
POEA
722.1142 722.1179, 722.1192
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Philippine Racing Commission 4th Floor, Electra House Bldg., Esteban cor. Rufino St., Legaspi Vill., Makati City 1229
PHILRACOM
815.6453 DL, 813.7198 F
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Presidential Commission for the Urban Poor 5/F New Exec. Bldg., Malacañang, Manila
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410.4691, 410.4656 410.4656, 410.4691 F 410.4656, 410.4691 F
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733.8663 734.7420 733.8663 733.8663
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733.3611, 734.0173, 733.3605, 735.6167 F
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PLLO
931.5718, 931.6047 552.7015 552.7227
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PMS
734.2203, 734.2206 733.4810 733.4810
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Philippine Sports Commission Rizal Memorial Sports Complex, Pablo Ocampo Sr. St., Malate Manila
PCS
525.0808 loc. 194
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Securities and Exchange Commission SEC Building, EDSA, Greenhills Mandaluyong City
SEC
584.5418, 584.5848, 584.8459 F 584.5418, 584.5348
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Southern Philippine Development Authority 4F Karpentrade Bldg., Km. 2 Mac Arthur Highways, Matina. Davao City
SPDA
Manila Liaison Office: 332.5181 Davao Office: (082) 297.6664, 298.5745
Technical Education and Skills Development Authority NMYC, South Superhighway, Taguig
TESDA
893.1966 893.1966 TF 888.5652
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AFAB
(047) 935.7551
Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas Vito Cruz cor. Mabini St., Malate Manila 1004
BSP
708.7150, 708.7416 F 708.7154, 708.7151 F 708.7701 Loc 2407 708.7421, 708.7422 306.2407 708.7701 Loc. 2478 708.7460 708-7161
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Bases Conversion Development Authority (BCDA) BCDA Corporate Center, 2/F Bonifacio Technology Center, 31st St., Crescent Park West., Bonifacio Global City, Taguig City
BCDA
575.1700 loc. 1730, 8160987 TF 575.1700, 816-1093 551.1730, 816.0987
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Development Academy of the Philippines DAP Building, San Miguel Avenue, Ortigas Center, Pasig City
DAP
631.0921 to 30, 632.2123 F
Development Bank of the Philippines
DBP
Government Service Insurance System Financial Services, Pasay City
GSIS
976.4960, 479.3600 Loc. 2497 832.1207 F
[email protected] [email protected]
Export Development Council
EDC
890.4645
[email protected]
Cebu Ports Authority CIP Complex, Serging Osmena Blvd., North Reclamation Area, Cebu City
[email protected]
(032) 232.1461 to 63, 232.6848
Home Development Mutual Fund 40/F Petron Megaplaza Building, Sen. Gil Puyat Ave., Makati City
HDMF
811.4382, 892.9251 822.1597 822.0415, 822.1434 822-1147/892.9251 F
[email protected] [email protected] [email protected] [email protected]
Home Guaranty Corporation Jade Building, 335 Sen. Gil J. Puyat Ave. Makati City
HGC
897.3531 DL, 897.3286 F 897.3166
[email protected] [email protected]
Laguna Lake Development Authority Philippine Sugar Center Building, North Ave., Diliman, Quezon City
LLDA
709.7656
Light Rail Transit Authority LRTA Compound, Aurora Boulevard, Pasay City
LRTA
854.0461, 833.2466
Local Water Utilities Adm. Katipunan Road, Balara, Quezon City
LWUA
929.8362, 922.3434 F
National Food Authority PHILSUGIN Bldg., North Ave., Quezon City
NFA
455.7819, 929.2931 F 920.1123, 928.0721 F
[email protected] [email protected]
National Home Mortgage Finance Corporation Filomena Bldg. III, Amorsolo St., Legaspi Village, Makati City
NHMFC
892.5516 , 893.1501 Loc. 232, 892.4950 F 892.5522
[email protected] [email protected]
National Housing Authority Mayaman, Diliman, Quezon City 1100
NHA
921.7828, 922.2460 928.4961, 920.0882
[email protected]
National Irrigation Administration NIA Bldg., Edsa, Diliman, QC
NIA
922.2474
National Kidney and Transplant Institute East Ave., Quezon City
NKTI
981.0300, 981.0400 981.0300, 981.0400
National Power Corporation Quezon Ave., cor. BIR Road, Diliman, Quezon City
NPC
921.3448, 920.0161, 924.5461 F
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National Water Resources Board 8F Bldg., EDSA Diliman, Quezon City
NWRB
920.2603, 920.2654 920.2724 F 920.2724 TF 920.2641 TF, 920.2603 DL
[email protected] [email protected]
Palawan Council For Sustainable Development Rm. 403, The One Executive Office, West Avenue cor. Martines, QC
PCSD
(048) 434.4235, 376.2775, 376.2060 DL (048) 434.4234, 376.2775, 376.2060 F, 376.2775
[email protected] [email protected]
People’s Credit and Finance Corporation 2/F Accelerando Bldg., 395 Sen. Gil Puyat Ave., Makati City
PCFC
897.8521, 752.3745 to 46 Loc. 190 DL 897.8523 F
[email protected]
People’s Television Network, Inc. Broadcast Center, Vizayas Ave., Quezon City
PTV 4
455.4386 ( TF)
[email protected]
Philippine Amusement and Gaming Corporation 6F Hyatt Hotel & Casino Manila 1588 M.H. Del Pilar St., Manila
PAGCOR
521.1542 loc. 304
Philippine Charity Sweepstakes Office PICC Complex, Roxas Blvd., Pasay City
PCSO
706-3067
Philippine Crop Insurance Corporation 7/F, Bldg. A, NIA Complex, , Q. C.
PCIC
332.8087, 441.0667 F, 441.1325
Philippine Deposit Insurance Corporation 4F and 10Ff SSS Bldg., 6782 Ayala Ave., cor. V.A. Rufino St., Makati City
PDIC
841.4100 loc. 4101 841.4000 loc. 4141
Philippine Export-Import Credit Agency 17/F Citibank Tower, Citibank Plaza, Makati City 1226
PHILEXIM
885-4700 Loc. 304, 893.4480 F
Philippine Health Insurance Corporation City State Center, 709 Shaw Blvd., Pasig City
PHIC
637-3237 401-8598/441-7540 , 6373541, 638-3579 TF.
Philippine National Oil Company PNOC Building 6, Energy Center Merrit Road, Fort Bonifacio, Taguig City
PNOC
892.0425, 892.0782 F
Public-Private Partnership Center of the Philippines
PPP
929-5187 929-8594
[email protected] [email protected]
Social Housing Finance Corp. BDO Plaza, 8737 Paseo de Roxas, Makati City
SHFC
894.1096 TF 894.1096 TF
[email protected] [email protected]
Social Security System (SSS) East Ave. Quezon City
SSS
352.4964, 922.3680, 924.7856 F 920.6401 922.3683 DL, 435.9817 F 922.3683 DL, 435.9817 F
[email protected] desuniajc.gov.ph
[email protected] [email protected]
Subic Bay Metropolitan Authority Bldg 229 SBMA Center, Waterfront Road, Subic Bay Freeport Zone
SBMA
(047) 252.4885 (047) 2524357 (047) 252.4097
[email protected]
Sugar Regulatory Administration Sugar Center Bldg., North Ave., Diliman., Quezon City 1101
SRA
929.6137, 236.0009 F
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