Goking plans revisions of some laws to boost Oro’s econ recovery

REGULATORY reform team led by City Council's ways and means committee chair Councilor George Goking on Tuesday said in a few weeks, some old ordinances will be recommended for possible revisions and enactments.

Goking said the continued reopening of the economy, along with the enactment and amendments of laws supporting businesses and employment, is a “big help”.

“Possible amendment on these obsolete ordinances are expected to boost the city economy’s recovery,” Goking said.

The city's traffic law is one of the outdated ordinances, according to Goking that need to review especially the fines imposed for each violation.

“Ang kahimtang sa ekonomiya naglisod pa pagbarug busa angayan kini nga marepaso aron madugangan usab ang kinitaan sa syudad ug matabangan ang mga nakahimo og kalapasan ingon man mahatagan sa kahigayonan paglimpyo sa ilang mga obligasyon sa multang gipahamtang,” Goking said.

The goal according to him is to find a way to increase income into the city’s coffers.

Currently, the city provided 25% that can be paid for violations.

“Kun mopili og community service nga moabot sa 75% ang posibleng serbisyohan gikan sa gipahamtang nga multa,” Goking said.

He said the approach even takes a lot of time from arrested violator because it can even serve up to 75% of the offense imposed.

In addition, Goking also seen other measures to further increase investments into the city as well as create more jobs, include the amendments to the local investments and public service ordinances.

Since last year, Goking said the employment rate declined in November to December while the unemployment rate inched up from 6.50 percent to 6.60 percent over the same period.

The medium to long-term, it said signing into law of the Corporate Recovery and Tax Incentives for Enterprises Act, which economic managers deemed as the biggest stimulus program of the government to address the impact of the pandemic.

“As always, the city needs to stay alert and not let its guard down as the virus continues as threat to the economic recovery,” Goking said.

He said that the recent signing into law of the amendments to the Public Service Act, and the Retail Trade Liberalization Act (RTLA) is a welcome development towards faster economic recovery and, ultimately, better employment opportunities. (Ben Balce)