Solon eyes e-government under ‘new normal’

A congressional leader on Wednesday called on the Congress to expedite the approval of his proposal that mandates the development, promotion and interconnection of electronic government services and processes to ensure that the Philippines gets ahead of the curve in the “new normal” way of life under a post-coronavirus pandemic era.

Deputy Speaker and Camarines Sur Luis Raymund Villafuerte' s proposal covers all state agencies and corporations. 

He said the setting up of an E-Government System as provided under House Bill 1248, "will further improve the ease of doing business—and thus sharpen the country’s global competitiveness as an investment haven—while encouraging people to keep practicing physical distancing in the post-pandemic scenario by letting them transact official business without actually having to go to the various government agencies themselves.”

HB 1248 serves as a companion bill to HB 6623 or the proposed New Normal for the Workplace and Public Spaces Act of 2020, which

Villafuerte and Speaker Alan Peter Cayetano recently filed along with 196 other congressmen.