Senator Raffy Tulfo expressed elation that President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. has certified Senate Bill No. 2221, otherwise known as Magna Carta of Filipino Seafarers, as urgent.
Tulfo, principal sponsor of SB No. 2221, is also grateful for the support of his colleagues and seafarers’ unions for the said measure, particularly during the bill’s first phase of the period of amendments.
“I am very happy that we have passed the first phase of the period of amendments for the Magna Carta of Filipino Seafarers bill which coincides with the celebration of the National Maritime Week.”
“I am very happy that we have passed the first phase of the period of amendments for the Magna Carta of Filipino Seafarers bill which coincides with the celebration of the National Maritime Week,” the legislator said.
“Nagpapasalamat ako sa ipinakitang suporta ni Senate President Juan Miguel Zubiri at mga kasamahan ko sa Senado para sa panukalang batas na ito,” the lawmaker stressed.
“Masaya din ako sa suportang ipinakita ng mga stakeholder at unyon ng mga marino, kabilang na ang Associated Marine Officers’ and Seamen’s Union of the Philippines (AMOSUP) at AMOR Seaman. Higit sa lahat, ako ay lubos na nagpapasalamat kay Pangulong Bongbong Marcos sa pag-certify niya sa Magna Carta of Fililino Seafarers bilang ‘urgent’,” the senator added.
“I seek the immediate enactment of the bill to address recurring deficiencies in our domestic laws pertaining to the training and accreditation of thousands of Filipino seafarers.”
In a letter to Zubiri dated Sept. 25., Marcos said he is seeking the immediate enactment of the bill to address “recurring deficiencies in our domestic laws pertaining to the training and accreditation of thousands of Filipino seafarers”.
Tulfo said he is now more confident that the bill will soon be passed into law.
“Matapos ang unang stage ng period of amendment at ang suportang ito mula mismo kay Pangulong BBM, mas tiwala ako na mapapabilis ang pagsasabatas ng Magna Carta of Filipino Seafarers bill,” he said.
Aside from Tulfo, other senators who filed their versions of Magna Carta of Filipino Seafarers this 19th Congress include Senators Zubiri, Joel Villanueva, Risa Hontiveros, Bato dela Rosa, Jinggoy Estrada, Robin Padilla, Cynthia Villar, Sonny Angara, Grace Poe, Win Gatchalian, Bong Revilla, Bong Go, Mark Villar, and Loren Legarda.
