Hindi nilagdaan para maging ganap na batas ni Pangulong Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr. ang House Bill 9651 at Senate Bill 2520 na magbibigay ng tax exemption sa honoraria, allowances at iba pang financial benefits para sa mga election workers.
Ayon kay Press Secretary Trixie Angeles, taliwas kasi ang panukala sa layunin ng gobyerno na Comprehensive Tax Reform Program.
“According to the explanation, “The measure runs counter to the objective of the government’s Comprehensive Tax Reform Program to correct the inequity in the country’s tax system and negate the progressivity of the reforms introduced under RA 10963 or the TRAIN law. Moreover, thestudies of pertinent government agencies on the revenue loss is too substantial an impact to be foregone,” pahayag ni Angeles.
Samantala, hindi rin nilagdaan ni Pangulong Marcos ang panukalang batas na magtatag ng Philippine Transportation Safety Board.
“He also vetoed House Bill No. 9030/Senate Bill No. 1077 entitled, “AN ACT ESTABLISHING THE PHILIPPINE TRANSPORTATION SAFETY BOARD, DEFINING ITS POWERS AND FUNCTIONS, AND APPROPRIATING FUNDS THEREFOR,” pahayag ni Angeles.
“The president says that the functions intended for the aforementioned Safety Board are already being undertaken by different agencies under the DOTr as well as the Philippine National Police and the National Bureau of Investigation. Creating a new body will only “create functional duplication, confusion as to authority, ineffectiveness, and deiciency in the performance of the responsibilities,” dagdag ni Angeles.