Senator Zubiri. Help We Got From The House Committee On

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PO – The President

Senator Zubiri. …help we got from the House Committee on

Cooperatives Development, headed by the former chairman, Rep. Ben

Canama, and the present chairman, Rep. Presley de Jesus, as well as all the

congressmen who are members of the bicameral conference committee.

We would also like to thank the bicameral conference committee panel

members for a very fruitful and interactive bicameral conference committee

meeting, namely, our very own Senate Cooperatives Committee vice

chairperson, Sen. Risa Hontiveros, as well as Sen. Imee Marcos and Sen.

Win Gatchalian, who both brought valuable insights from their experience

under the LGUs when they were once local government executives, and also

Sen. Joel Villanueva. I must say that the Senate panel was complete during

the bicameral conference committee meeting.

We would also like to thank LCDOP, headed by Manang Celia Atienza,

for their support of the Senate version and for voicing feedback from the

sector itself. The Union of Local Authorities of the Philippines and the

different leagues of LGUs, the League of Provinces of the Philippines, the

League of Cities and Municipalities, for their inputs and support to the bill.

We also have to thank the DILG, the DOF’s Bureau of Local

Government Finance, and the Cooperative Development Authority for the

data they provided, which helped shaped the bill and, hopefully, into law in

a couple of weeks.

From the academe, we would like to thank Prof. Elen Mantalaba for

her valuable contributions.

Mr. President, I thank everyone who supported us in this bill.

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APPROVAL OF CONFERENCE COMMITTEE REPORT ON


S. NO. 1855/H. NO. 5925

Mr. President, I move that we approve the Conference Committee

Report on the Disagreeing Provisions of Senate Bill No. 1855 and House Bill

No. 5925.

The President. Is there any objection? [Silence] There being none,

the motion is approved.

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The following is the whole text of the Conference Committee Report on
the Disagreeing Provisions of S. No. 1855/H. No. 5925:

(Insert)
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Senator Hontiveros. Mr. President.

Senator Zubiri. Mr. President, Sen. Risa Hontiveros wishes to be

recognized.

The President. Sen. Risa Hontiveros is recognized.

MANIFESTATION OF SENATOR HONTIVEROS

Senator Hontiveros. Thank you, Mr. President.

Bilang isa sa mga authors, I thank our committee chairmen: Sen.

Francis Tolentino and Sen. Juan Miguel Zubiri; and our counterparts in the

House of Representatives led by Rep. Presley de Jesus, Rep. Ben Canama,

and other members of the House Committee on Cooperatives Development

sa matagumpay na pagtutulungan upang maisabatas ang pagtatalaga ng

mga Local Cooperatives Development Officer sa ating mga probinsiya,

lungsod, at munisipyo.

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Sa pamamgitan ng batas na ito, umaasa tayong matutugunan ang

pangangailangan ng ating mga lokal na kooperatiba para sa institutional

support, hindi lamang sa national at regional levels na ginagampanan

ngayon ng Cooperatives Development Authority, katuwang ang Department

of Trade and Industry, kundi maging sa local governments.

Umaasa po ako na ang ating mga local government unit ay

makapagtatalaga na ng mga permanenteng Local Cooperatives Development

Officer, at kung kakayanin ng kanilang budget at kung kakailanganin, sana

ay isang ganap na Local Cooperatives Development Office, upang

makatulong sa pagpapalakas ng mga lokal na kooperatiba sa kanilang mga

nasasakupan.

Hangad ko po na ang ating mga itatalagang Local Cooperatives

Development Officer ay hindi lamang gagabay sa pag-oorganisa,

pagpapalakas, at pagpapaunlad ng ating mga kooperatiba kundi maging

tulay rin sa pagpapalawak at pagpapalalim ng ugnayan ng mga kooperatiba

sa mga pambansang unyon o pederasyon ng kooperatiba, sa iba’t ibang

sangay ng national government, sa iba’t ibang tanggapan sa loob ng LGU, at

maging sa mga ating academic community at private sector upang mas lalo

nitong magampanan ang kanilang shared values and mission na iangat ang

kalidad ng buhay ng ating mga kababayan, lalo na ang mahihirap.

Ito pong pagsasabatas na ito ng Local Cooperatives Development

Officer ay panibagong instrumento ng cooperatives movement tungo sa

sama-samang tulungan at bayanihan para sa kaunlaran, lalo na sa panahon

ng ating sama-samang pagharap at pagbangon laban sa pandemya ng

COVID-19.

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Marami pong salamat, Mr. President; at mabuhay po ang kilusang

kooperatiba sa panibagong tagumpay na ito. ...

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