{"id":223457,"date":"2019-07-18T19:11:19","date_gmt":"2019-07-18T23:11:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/?p=223457"},"modified":"2019-07-18T19:11:19","modified_gmt":"2019-07-18T23:11:19","slug":"prrd-may-consider-opposition-to-security-of-tenure-bill","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/2019\/07\/18\/prrd-may-consider-opposition-to-security-of-tenure-bill\/","title":{"rendered":"PRRD may consider opposition to Security of Tenure bill"},"content":{"rendered":"
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\u201cThe President is always appreciative and considerate on whatever opposition or concerns raised by any sectors in this country relative to any bill passed in Congress and subject to his signature or veto,\u201d Panelo said in a Palace briefing. (PCOO File photo)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

MANILA<\/strong>\u00a0\u2013 Before he decides whether to sign or veto the Security of Tenure (SOT) bill, President Rodrigo Duterte may first consider opposition from a coalition of business groups, Malaca\u00f1ang said on Thursday.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe President is always appreciative and considerate on whatever opposition or concerns raised by any sectors in this country relative to any bill passed in Congress and subject to his signature or veto,\u201d Panelo said in a Palace briefing.<\/p>\n

In a joint statement, the business groups claimed that the proposed measure goes against the constitutional rights of businesses because it increases the cost of doing business which may hinder their operations.<\/p>\n

The group further explained that the bill could even push employers to eliminate the low-skilled jobs and instead prefer using technologies such as automation and artificial intelligence.<\/p>\n

The SOT bill, which was transmitted to Duterte\u2019s office early this month, may lapse into a law if the chief executive fails to sign it.<\/p>\n

Panelo explained that the President sometimes allows bills to lapse into law due to his busy schedule.<\/p>\n

\u201cThere are so many documents he has to sign and at the same time, he has so many activities that he has to attend to — out of town trips, he visits one place and then another place,\u201d Panelo said.<\/p>\n

\u201cMeanwhile, documents pile up. Kaya kung minsan, di niya nakikita yung iba (That\u2019s why sometimes, he fails to see the others),\u201d he added.<\/p>\n

Earlier, the Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) expressed hope that Duterte would sign the SOT bill soon noting that ensuring the workers\u2019 security of tenure is among the President\u2019s priorities.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe are anticipating the signing of the SOT bill, which is landmark legislation under the Duterte administration,\u201d Bello said in a statement.<\/p>\n

The SOT bill seeks to prohibit all illegal employment schemes and subcontracting of Filipino workers.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

MANILA\u00a0\u2013 Before he decides whether to sign or veto the Security of Tenure (SOT) bill, President Rodrigo Duterte may first …<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":33,"featured_media":220626,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1145,16,95],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-223457","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-headline","category-news","category-news-ph","mauthors-azer-parrocha","mauthors-philippine-news-agency"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/223457","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/33"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=223457"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/223457\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":223458,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/223457\/revisions\/223458"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/220626"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=223457"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=223457"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=223457"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}