YOUTH CONGRESS
BY REPRESENTATIVE Tadeo, Jerico Bajen
“An act establishing a general transparency board in the local government”
Be it enacted and assembled
Section 1: NATURE. –
(a) There is hereby established in the country a general transparency board in
the local government sector.
(b) It shall be known as the LOCAL GOVERNMENT GENERAL TRANSPARENCY ACT OF 2008.
Section 2: MEMBERS. –
(a) The board will consists of the following
a.1 President of the Liga ng mga Barangay
a.2 President of the League of Municipalities
a.3 President of the league of cities
a.4 President of the League of Provinces
a.5 Two representatives from the DILG
a.6 Two Representatives from NGO’s
(b) Upon the ratification and effectiveness of this board the President of the League of Provinces shall be the chair pro tem, which will call the other members of the board. Upon completion of its members the board shall elect its chairman and vice chairman and shall serve for 3 yrs upon the board election.
(c) The board will establish its own constitution and/or bylaws which abides the Republic Act 7160 otherwise known as the Local government code of 1991
Section 3: COMPENSATION AND REMUNERATION. – The members from whom which are public officers shall perform their duties without compensation or remuneration. Members thereof who are not government officials or employees shall be entitled to necessary traveling expenses and allowances chargeable against the funds of the local transparency board concerned, subject to existing accounting and auditing rules and regulations
Section 4: REPRESENTATION OF NON-GOVERNMENTAL ORGANIZATION, AND DILG – Upon the call of the primary board, within the period of 60 days the NGO’s and the DILG shall choose their representatives to the general transparency board. Of non-government organization are recognized being a part of the board, subject to such criteria as may be provided by law.
Section 5: POWERS AND FUNCTIONS. – The local government transparency shall have the following powers and functions
(a) Investigate its own or complaint by any person, any act or omission of any public official or employee in the local government which act contrary to the Republic Act 6713 or otherwise known as the Ethical Code of Conduct for Government Officials and Employees.
(b) Its investigation shall become a recommendation to the Office of the Ombudsman.
(c) Publicize matters covered by it’s investigation otherwise provided by the law
(d) Determine the causes of inefficiency, red tape, mismanagement, fraud and corruption in the local government
(e) Promote the observance of high standards of ethics and efficiency of public officers and employees in the local government
(f) To require all the public officers and employees, upon assumption of the office and as often thereafter to submit a declaration under oath of his or her assets, liabilities and their net worth.
(g) To require all the Secretariats otherwise Auditing Institution of the Local Government of all their audited expenditures and other transaction concerned thereof.
Section 6: SECTORAL OR FUNCTIONAL COMMITTEE. – the local transparency board may form sectoral or functional committees to assist them in the performance of their functions.
Section 7: MEETINGS AND QUORUM-
(a) The board shall meet at least once a month or as often as necessary
(b) A majority of the members of the board shall constitute a quorum, but the chairman or the vice chairman must be present during meetings where budgetary proposals are being prepared or considered.
Section 8: TRANSPARENCY INFORMATION AND COORDINATION. – The Presidential Anti-Graft Commission shall assist the General Transparency Board of the Local Government prior to the transparency information, coordination and procedures of investigation.
Section 9: EFFECTIVITY.- This board shall be assembled and take into effect after 30 days upon its ratification and shall be published for 15 days on any two (2) general circulation newspaper in the country.
Don’t you think that the absence of compensation will make this board vulnerable to bribes?
wala akong masabi, kaya mu yan. hehehe
BOARD??? plz define the Mandate of COA.. If transparency is what you want to achieve maybe COA will be the one to answer all your questions. Tapos kua d ba po my Ombudsman to investigate the graft and corruption of governemt officials?? dba po cla rin po ung part nglocal gov?? bka mgtakipan lng cla.. heheh.. ^_^
I see your point. pero how are you going to fund them?
~BinmaR™
pano yung funding?
hi to everyone””’
>to ms. seso
i dont think so that the absence of non-remuneration would likely to fall them bribe. as far as i know correct me if i’m wrong the house of commons some officials they receive small wages but they still perform well furthermore they are public officials wouldn’t that be a mandate to them to do what is the best for for their people. that’s all thank you.
>to fedrick
thanks.,
>to frankmin
Coa would be a good agency for transparency but they are only concerned with financial assets and cash operations of particular agency, the ombudsman yes, the report of this board would be a recomendation and this board is establish for the tightned transparency or so specialization on the local government” thank you”
>to bhenmar and jess
the funding would be under the bureau of finsnce on local government under the department of finance and furthermore this local government have INternal revenue allotment”””’ hehehehehe. thank you;;
thank you po uli”””” have a nice day””’ ‘-’
pssst’ sa lahat ng nagfifinals good luck
nice idea jecko..sana makapasa sa plenary..hehehe
ano mga qualifications mo dun sa mga members of the board..
klAsmeyt good saka mganda bill mu pero pano nga nman ung funds???n2
yan mganda, nice one!!!
,,jecho.,itz a nice bill…i think funding isn’t the problem since what you’re trying to impose here is the transparency..yun lng..nkauzap amn n ktah regarding your bill eh..hehehe
magnda yan para masugpo ang coruption s ating bansa
nice one jeco…
gud afternoon,
>to mr cyrus
, , ,the qualifications of those persons concerned are subjected to the local government code of 1991, they are put into accordance as provided sections concerned.
thank you, and have a nice day!
go clasm8…nice one…