SP to revisit 1994 Codifed Ordinance

• Source: http://news.pia.gov.ph/article/view/1461474548032/sp-to-revisit-1994-codifed-ordinance
• Thursday, September 22, 2016

(SP)

CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY -- The 22-year old Codified Ordinance of Cagayan de Oro will be updated by the 18th City Council.

During the regular session Monday, legislators adopted Resolution No. 12452-2016, authorizing City Vice Mayor Raineir Joaquin V. Uy to create a Codification Committee to update/revise the City Codified Ordinance in view of the number of ordinances enacted by the Sangguniang Panlungsod since its adoption in 1994.

In his special report, Councilor Ian Mark Nacaya, chair of the committee on laws and rules, said it is time for the legislative body to update the Codified Ordinance, which was enacted 22 years ago.

“I was a member then, being the president of the Sangguniang Kabataan federation, when the city council considered and introduced a laudable measure that would lump, codify and produce it into one book from all the legislative measures that were enacted in 1950s up to the time when the codified ordinance was approved in 1994,” Nacaya cited.

According to the councilor, many years have already passed and several laws have been enacted since 1994.

“It’s about time...a piece of legislation that we may perhaps consider as a legacy of the 18th City Council to the next generations of members of the sanggunian for any and all measures that our constituency or even from other sanggunians to look into... copying, imitating and or modeling, it would be the codified ordinance enacted by the 18th City Council,” Nacaya added.

SUPPORT

Councilor Zaldy Ocon was one of those who supported the resolution.

He cited that some provisions of the Codified Ordinance are not followed.

If there is a need, he said, the amendment of some of these laws should also be considered.

For his part, Councilor Romeo Calizo agreed that the amendment of the codified ordinance may be necessary in view of the changing times.

The councilor, who chairs the committee on police, fire and public safety, particularly cited ordinances on security, which may need to be reviewed.

“The security situation is very much different, we got to be proactive,” he cited, among others.

Councilor Calizo said a technical working group (TWG) should be organized to work on this.

“We need to immediately decide on who will be the members of the TWG that will work on the amendments, because indeed there is also a need to change some provisions,” he added.