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PADILLA WANTS INC FOUNDATION DAY AS NAT’L HOLIDAY

It is only fitting that a non-working holiday be declared to give the nation the opportunity to commemorate the contributions of the Iglesia ni Cristo (INC) to the nation in the last 110 years.

Senator Robin Padilla stressed this as he chaired a Senate hearing on a proposed measure to declare July 27 a non working holiday marking the founding of the INC.

“Ang nais ng panukalang ito ay bigyan daan ang milyon milyong mga miyembro ng INC upang magkaroon ng angkop na celebration at pagbabalik tanaw sa mahalagang araw na ito sa kanilang kasaysayan.”

“Sa kasalukuyan, ang Iglesia ni Cristo ay may internasyonal na miyembro kabilang ang 151 na racial at ethnic backgrounds. Mayroon po itong halos 7,000 na kongregasyon at misyon na nakagrupo sa lampas 178 ecclesiastical districts sa iba’t-ibang bansa at hurisdiksyon sa buong mundo. Ang nais ng panukalang ito ay bigyan daan ang milyon milyong mga miyembro ng INC upang magkaroon ng angkop na celebration at pagbabalik tanaw sa mahalagang araw na ito sa kanilang kasaysayan,” said Padilla at the hearing of the Senate Committee on Constitutional Amendments and Revision of Codes.

“Nakita ko ang kanilang lingap di lang ito sa Pilipinas kundi sa buong mundo.”

“Ako po mismo ay witness sa mga ginawang magagandang bagay ng INC… Nakita ko ang kanilang lingap di lang ito sa Pilipinas kundi sa buong mundo. Nasaksihan ko po ang para sa akin ay very godly na mga misyon ng INC. Hindi lang po sa Kristiyano kundi sa mga Muslim,” the legislator added.

During the hearing, Interior Department Assistant Secretary for Legal and Legislative Affairs Romeo Benitez suggested that July 27 be declared a special day where the State would also acknowledge the INC’s contributions to society.

For his part, Labor Undersecretary Felipe Ecargo Jr. suggested a balance between workers’ benefits during a holiday, and the need to maintain the country’s attractiveness to investors.

Padilla replied his committee will study Benitez and Ecargo’s inputs. 

The lawmaker said what is important is to commemorate the patriotism and nationalism that he said is “buhay na buhay” in INC.

“Mapag-uusapan namin ‘yan, titingnan namin,” the senator concluded.

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