· A bill that would reengineer government processes to reduce bureaucratic red tape and minimize the points of contact between the public official and client. This would hasten business transactions, encourage economic activities and minimize opportunities for bribery and extortion practices.
· A bill that would overhaul and rationalize the auditing processes of the Commission on Audit (COA) to make it more effective as an anti-corruption watchdog.
· A bill providing for a new and more comprehensive “Anti-Graft and Corruption Practices Act” that would promote accountability and transparency in public service and governance and would increase to the maximum possible extent the administrative and criminal liabilities of corrupt government officials.
· A bill that would provide for automatic and periodic wage review and increase for all government employees, which would be based on the inflation rate within every 3-year period. This is a proven effective anti-corruption policy employed by other countries. It also intends to provide for a decent standard of living for all government employees as well as to attract qualified people from the private sector to join government.
ANTI-POVERTY
· A bill creating a permanent anti-poverty commission with tenured leadership with automatic, adequate and independent funding that would draft and implement strategic, long-term and comprehensive anti-poverty and poverty alleviation programs of the Government.
· A bill providing for a comprehensive school-based feeding program in the ‘poorest of the poor’ communities of the country to fight malnutrition and poverty as well as help promote and encourage regular school attendance by poor school children.
· A bill that would promote and fund microfinance to provide small and medium enterprises, cooperatives and micro entrepreneurs with adequate and affordable credit. This would encourage economic activities and create income and employment for the poor.
PEACE & ORDER
· A new AFP modernization bill that is more responsive to the needs of the organization and of the nation and which would create a leaner but more effective Armed Forces.
· A bill that would increase the salaries of all AFP personnel to a level befitting their noble service to the country.
· A bill that would increase the combat pay of AFP ground troops (i.e. Army and Marines) from P240.00/month to 25% of their base pay.
· A bill that would increase the subsistence allowance of all AFP personnel from P60.00/day to at least P150.00/day.
· A resolution that would recommend the amendments of the constitutional provision requiring all AFP officers for promotion to the rank of colonel or higher, to go through the Commission of Appointments. Instead, only the promotions for the positions of AFP Chief of Staff and the three (3) service commanders would pass through the CA. This would insulate senior officers from members of Congress who seek political accommodations and concessions in exchange for confirmation. Also included in this resolution is the fixing of the term of office of the AFP chief of staff and the major service commanders to three (3) years. This would prevent the internal politics among generals caused by the ‘revolving door’ policy employed by the past and present administrations; help restore meritocracy in the AFP promotion system; and ensure that policies and reforms are institutionalized.
· A bill that would reduce the number of AFP generals. This would significantly streamline the organization and free up more resources that could be re-channeled to operating units; for materiel acquisition; and morale and welfare needs.
· A bill that would provide for a complete reorganization, re-training and re-indoctrination of the PNP. This intends to professionalize its ranks to make it a better law enforcement arm of the State.
EDUCATION, HEALTH & SOCIAL SERVICES
· A bill that would create at least one (1) state college or university in every region to afford poor but deserving students adequate opportunities to finish tertiary education.
· A bill that would make college education more accessible to the poor by strengthening and providing more funds to the state scholarship system and to the ‘study now, pay later’ program of the Government.
· A bill that would promote, as well as regulate informal education, vocational and technical education as well as distance learning methods.
· A bill that would raise the salaries and wages of public school teachers, professors and lecturers of state colleges and universities to a level befitting the dignity of their exalted professions.
· A bill which would provide for the creation and/or strengthening of health centers in every barangay with adequate funding in order to provide basic health care services (including mandatory inoculation) as well as health education with emphasis on disease prevention, detection and control, pre-natal and child care and basic family planning education (with due regard to religious belief of the participants).
· Through the General Appropriations bill, prioritize and allocate more funds and resources for education (textbooks, school buildings, subsidy of state colleges, and hiring of more teachers), anti-poverty programs (MBN-type programs, livelihood projects, street children education and rehabilitation), health care (medicine, vaccinations, disease control and prevention, reproductive health, home for the aged/disabled), mass housing, basic infrastructure (farm-to-market roads, national highways, bridges, ports and airports) and agricultural modernization.
