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Status of The Review of The 1991 Local Government Code: An Update For The League of Cities of The Philippines
Status of The Review of The 1991 Local Government Code: An Update For The League of Cities of The Philippines
INCLUSIVE
GOVT-LED
TRANSPARE
NT
EVIDENCEBASED
TIMEBOUND
Wide public
dissemination via
mass media and
online channels
hopes to
DEMYSTIFY and
POPULARIZE the
fiscal aspects of
local governance
Position papers
Existing studies
New studies
Surveys
Complete
recommendations
for legislative
amendments
before end-2014
Congress
Natl Agencies
LGU Leagues
Civil Society
Business
Sector
Citizens At
Large
Subject
Experts
Cabinet Cluster
for Good
Governance &
Anti-Corruption
>>
Coordinating
Committee for
Decentralization
>>
Oversight
Committee for
Devolution
1 TAKING STOCK
Related laws passed since
1991
Bills filed/re-filed in
Congress
2FEELING THE
STAKEHOLDERS
PULSE
Sectoral and regional
3 PROCESSING
THE EVIDENCE
Technical studies
Position papers
6.Inter-LGU alliances
7.Fiscal administration
Some Local Government Code provisions are deemed antiquated or
inconsistent with certain laws that came after enactment of the Code in 1991
Review provisions re: cap on personal services expenditures, procurement
Highlights of First 3
Months
of the Local Government
Code Review
June-August 2014
House Committee
on Local
Government
Rep. Pedro Acharon Jr.
Senate Oversight
Select
Senate Committee
Committee on
of
the
Local Government
Local Govt Code Sen. Ferdinand Marcos Jr.
Sen. Aquilino
Pimentel III
Business sector
Phil Chamber of Commerce and Industry
DBM
DOH
NEDA DepEd
CIDA
b. Academe
a. UP School of Economics
b. UP College of Public Administration & Governance
c. Ateneo-Benigno and Corazon Aquino School of Government
d. De La Salle-Jesse Robredo Institute of Governance
Thank
you very
much for
your time
and
attention!