Romualdez grateful for Marcos’ recognition of Congress’ investment efforts

President Ferdinand Marcos, Jr., accompanied by key officials, engages with Malaysian business leaders at the Philippine Business Forum in Kuala Lumpur.

MANILA, Philippines–Speaker Ferdinand Martin Romualdez has expressed his gratitude to President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. for acknowledging the critical role of Congress in promoting the Philippines as an ideal investment destination.

Romualdez was part of the official delegation of Marcos on his three-day state visit to Malaysia, which yielded up to US$285 million in investment pledges expected to create over 100,000 jobs.

“We are grateful to President Marcos for citing the key legislations we had passed and the critical need for collaboration between the Executive and the Legislative in making the Philippines a more investor-friendly place,” Romualdez said.

“This motivates us even more in the House of Representatives to redouble our efforts at passing the remaining priority bills before the end of 2023, which are needed to sustain our robust economic growth and enhance our competitiveness to draw in more investments that would mean more jobs and livelihood for our people,” he added.

Romualdez was referring to the remarks of Marcos during his roundtable meeting with Malaysian top business leaders where the Chief Executive cited his administration’s investor-friendly policies and programs.

The President noted that more sectors have been opened up for foreign ownership through the passage of the Retail Trade Liberalization Act, the Foreign Investments Act, the Public Services Act, and the Renewable Energy Act.

In addition, Marcos pointed out that corporate taxation has become more business-friendly with lowered tax rates and improved mechanisms for tax and tax incentives.

However, he noted that many more amendments are needed to fully modernize the country’s business environment, especially on taxation, procurement, and accounting, among others.

Marcos also cited the investment-friendly reforms and programs instituted with the help of Congress, as well as new laws needed, in his message to the Malaysian business community during the Philippine Business Forum held at EQ Hotel in Kuala Lumpur.

(This article was generated with the assistance of artificial intelligence and reviewed by an editor.)

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