THE 18th Congress resumed session this week and is expected to adjourn on June 3, 2022. While legislators are understandably busy with the canvassing of votes to enable them to proclaim the winners of the May 9 elections, it is still hoped that, during its last few days at work, Congress will pass certain critical economic bills.

In a letter to the Senate dated May 18, 2022, business groups and business chambers, including the Financial Executives Institute of the Philippines, requested the passage of the following bills that have already been passed or approved by the House of Representatives and just require counterpart action:

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