Congress inches toward federalism, tax reform

CONGRESS may have only passed two proposed measures that were enacted into law, but it was able to start the ball rolling on Charter change and other major items on the administration’s legislative agenda.

President Rodrigo Duterte, during his first State of the National Address (SONA), mentioned some of his priorities which he wants Congress to pass, including measures on federalism, tax reform, freedom of information, and to grant him emergency powers to address the traffic problem.