Government rightsizing and Right-of-Way bills advance in Senate

PRIORITY measures seeking to minimize redundancies within the government and amend the right-of-way law to speed up infrastructure projects advanced in the Senate on Monday.

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With 22 affirmative votes, the chamber approved on third and final reading Senate Bill No. 890, the Government Optimization Act to remove obsolete government positions and eliminate duplications.

It will also simplify rules, regulations and processes, as well as empower the President to scale down agencies under the Executive branch.

Senate President Francis “Chiz” G. Escudero, among the principal authors, said that the bill will streamline bureaucracy in the government, “which also means the possible creation of new positions, new offices, upgrading, upskilling, and upscaling personnel to help them fill up much-needed positions and put them on the path toward career advancement.”

“The objective of rightsizing is not about saving money but being able to deliver services to the people more efficiently,” he said in a statement.