SEN. Christopher Lawrence "Bong" Go cited the urgency to have his proposed measure that establishes the Department of Disaster Resilience (DDR) approved in the aftermath of the magnitude 7 earthquake that hit Northern Luzon on July 27.

Go said he will not stop pitching for the bill's passage into law. But he clarified that he will support any action of President Ferdinand "Bongbong" Marcos Jr. on the matter amid the government's plan to "rightsize" the bureaucracy.

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