President Rodrigo Duterte has certified urgent a Senate bill to ensure security of tenure for all workers and end contractualization, one of his election campaign promises. The President certified “the necessity of the immediate enactment” of Senate Bill No. 1826 in a Sept. 21 letter to Senate President Vicente Sotto III. The House of Representatives passed on third and final reading its own version of the bill in January. Gabriela Reps. Arlene Brosas and Emmi de Jesus said the certified bill provided “fake” security of tenure.

Source: Philippine Daily Inquirer September 25, 2018 21:33 UTC