Chiz Escudero

I would like to warn you that Reforms in the education sector could suffer the most if this year’s midterm election would not push through.

Amidst moves by administration congressmen to postpone the national elections, the only chance to tackle the long ignored education bill is to elect lawmakers who could push for it.

The administration representatives are having their ways to postpone the election, where hopes for reforms rest. If the present Congress would not change, the bills that could help our youth will remain buried in the ground. And the only chance to change that is through elections and for every Filipino to be given chance to vote and select who they think would push for the education bill.

I am questioning my colleagues for spending too much time to impeach Deputy Minority Leader Alan Peter Cayetano than conduct hearings on proposed bills that needed to be addressed.

I find it funny that the Congress is conducting two hearings in a week to impeach Cong. Cayetano but could not devote even just one hearing in a month for proposed bills for the interest of students.

Since I became representative of the first district of Sorsogon in 1998, never did the House discuss in plenary the education bill that has long been pending since 1988.

Reforms in education, particularly a proposal that would limit tuition fee increase, has long been pending in Congress and the threat of the same representatives who keep ignoring to address education reforms would stay in power until 2010 if charter change succeeds is present.

Claims that the passing of laws under a unicameral parliamentary government would be easier than the present presidential bicameral government is a deception.

There is a big difference if cha-cha succeeds because there will surely be no change in the people in Congress and the policies. But if election will happen, we will have lawmakers who would vote for the bill that would give reforms to education.

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