AFTER nearly four decades, Congress has fulfilled a significant constitutional mandate by approving the creation of the Department of Economic Planning and Development (Depdev), according to a leader of the House of Representatives.
AFTER nearly four decades, Congress has fulfilled a significant constitutional mandate by approving the creation of the Department of Economic Planning and Development , according to a leader of the House of Representatives.
“The need for independent economic analysis has deep roots in our modern history. Independence, however, has not been defined in our laws,” said Salceda. As a former chair of the Regional Development Council of Bicol and the Luzon Area Development Coordinating Council, Salceda pushed for the institutionalization of the RDCs and clarified their leadership election processes, which were previously defined only through Executive Order No. 325.
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