President Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr. vowed to sign the controversial Maharlika Fund bill “as soon as I get it,” allaying fears that the proposed sovereign wealth fund could potentially bankrupt pensioners’ fund. | ManilaBulletin
“I will sign it as soon as I get it. Am I happy? Well, that is the version the House and the Senate has passed and we will certainly look into all of the changes that have been made,” he said during a media interview on Thursday, June 22.
The Senate website said an enrolled bill is the final copy of the proposed measure, which has been certified as correct by the Secretary of the Senate and the Secretary General of the House of Representatives. The signing of the controversial bill was delayed a few weeks since it hurdled the Senate on May 31 because of conflicts in the Sections 50 and 51 of the Congress-approved version.
He said that the first thing he had proposed was the removal of the president as part of the Maharlika board, the central bank chairman, and the Department of Finance .
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