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Date Posted: 23:35:19 10/24/12 Wed
Author: IMRD
Subject: Oct 25, 2012 news

http://manilastandardtoday.com/2012/10/25/anti-rh-solons-still-at-it-vow-to-stop-new-version/


Anti-RH solons still at it, vow to stop new version
By Maricel Cruz | Posted on Oct. 25, 2012 at 12:01am | 581 views
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Lawmakers opposed to birth control on Wednesday vowed to block a substitute reproductive health bill introduced by Albay Rep. Edcel Lagman when Congress resumes sessions in November.
House Minority Leader Danilo Suarez said he would take the lead in questioning Lagman’s substitute version of the contentious bill on procedural grounds, saying it could not be considered as amendments to the existing bill.
Suarez also said that supporters of the bill would run out of time to pass and ratify it as preparations for the 2013 elections got under way.
“On the assumption that we complete the period of amendments, by the time the bill gets to the Senate, where a good number of senators oppose it, the bill will really face rough sailing,” Suarez said.
Congress will resume sessions on Nov. 5 after a three-week break and will adjourn again by mid-December for a holiday break.
Suarez said that if the new version of the RH bill was considered a substitute bill rather than amended one, then it should be sent back to the proper committee to allow discussions on the new version of the measure.
“I will move to remand the latest version of the bill to the committee level when the House resumes deliberations next month,” Suarez said.
Siquijor Rep. Orlando Fua, another opposition lawmaker, agreed that the bill should be referred back to the committee for a thorough discussion.
Fua said that the House rules dictated that any substitute bill should be treated as a regular bill and not as an amended version to a measure that had already been filed.

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