House Deputy Minority Leader and ACT Teachers Party-list Rep. France Castro called on the Senate and the Office of the President to expedite the passage of the Permanent Evacuation Centers Bill.
“We hope that now, Malacañang and the leadership of the Senate will heed our call to expedite the passage of a similar bill and Malacañang should classify the bill as urgent,” said the lawmaker.
The lower chamber has recently approved on third and final reading a bill that seeks to establish evacuation centers in every city and municipality in the country to serve as immediate and temporary accommodation for people who have been displaced by disasters, calamities, or other emergency events such as typhoons, floods, and storm surges.Speaker Ferdinand Martin G. Romualdez and Tingog Party-list Reps. Yedda Marie K. Romualdez and Jude A. Acidre are among the principal authors of the measure.
The National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council and local executives of provinces, cities, and municipalities are tasked to identify areas to be given the highest priority in the establishment of new evacuation centers.
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