Go’s ambitious legislative agenda

INCOMING senator Christopher Lawrence “Bong” Go has something to prove, in spite of easily winning a seat in the Senate last month. The legislative agenda he unveiled to the public this week will go a long way toward quieting those naysayers who still question his fitness for office, if only because of the size of the challenge he has imposed on himself.

Among Go’s priority bills he intends to file in the upcoming 18th Congress are measures to increase the salaries of public school teachers and civilian employees of the government; address the country’s severe shortage of affordable housing; create a permanent Department of Disaster Resilience; establish the so-called “Malasakit Centers” nationwide offering medical assistance to the poor; create a Department of Overseas Filipino Workers; and programs to support the development of agriculture and sports, the improvement of fire protection and benefits for senior citizens, localized peace talks and barangay welfare.