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| President Ferdinand Marcos Jr delivers his first State of the Nation address at the House of Representatives in Quezon City on July 25, 2022. (Photo by Aaron Favila via AFP / pool) |
[Asia News = Reporter Reakkana] MANILA: A measure that aims to "rightsize" the government bureaucracy by merging, splitting, transferring, and abolishing some of its offices is on the top of the list of President Ferdinand Marcos Jr.'s priority bills. The national government rightsizing program was the first item cited by President Marcos when he was discussing his legislative wish list during his first State of the Nation Address Monday, PhilStar reported.
He described the program as a "reform mechanism that seeks to enhance the government’s institutional capacity to perform its mandate and provide better services while ensuring optimal and efficient use of resources." "Compared to previous government reorganization efforts, the NGRP (national government rightsizing program) will entail a comprehensive strategic review of the functions, operations, organization, systems, and processes of the different agencies, and massive and transformational initiatives in agencies concerned, such as merger, consolidation, splitting, transfer, and abolition of some offices," the president said.
"The rightsizing efforts will also involve the conduct of a comprehensive strategic review of functions, programs, and projects that will cut across various agencies," he added. Earlier this month, Budget Secretary Amenah Pangandaman said a proposal to "rightsize" the bureaucracy was being polished for submission to Congress before the SONA.
