Is Congresswoman Henedina Abad naive or just plain unaffected by every spike in prices of gasoline, diesel, LPG and other oil products?
This is very disturbing about the House of Representatives of the 15th Congress when it comes to burning people’s gut issues of the day.
Congress has answered the people’s cries for relief from oil price hikes with inaction. Legislative inaction.
It comes as a real bummer when the Congressional Committee concerned with the oil industry and oil prices has yet to call for hearings on measures that aim to reform the oil industry and put oil prices in check when the country is bludgeoned almost every week by price hikes.
Abad is the Chairperson of the House Committee on Energy that has 65 Members.
Early in 2011, Bayan Muna Rep. Teddy Casiño, Anakpawis Rep. Rafael Mariano, Cagayan de Oro Rep. Rufus Rodriguez , Abante-Mindanao Rep. Maximo Rodriguez Jr., Quezon City Rep. Winston Castelo, Quezon Rep. Danilo Suarez, San Juan City Rep. Jose Victor Ejercito, Antipolo City Rep. Romeo Acop and Agham Partylist Rep. Angelo Palomones have filed bills to repeal or amend the oil deregulation law.
The Energy Committee has yet to hear any of these bills.
Quite mind-boggling as Rep. Abad is number 1 in the current roster of House Members, number 1 among Liberal Party women legislators, number 1 in pork barrel releases and number 1 in the energy committee as chair.
At this point, it can be said that Cong. Abad is trabahong tamad. #
