Friday, October 21, 2011

NAPC Basic Sector Assembly 2011

      The long awaited Administrative Order No. 21, series of 2011, was signed by Pres. Nony Aquino on October 10, 2011 for the implementation of the RA 8425 otherwise known as the Poverty Alleviation Act of 2008.  The fourteen (14) basic sectors thanked the President for turning on the wheel for the basic sectors which started with the mandated National Assembly held on Oct. 17-19, 2011 in three (3) hotels.

     The  14 Basic Sectors with at least 50 delegations each from all parts of the country held simulataneously respective assemblies to be able to adopt the three-years Sectoral Agenda and elect its council members.

      Susanita Tesiorna chaired the Technical Working Committee who did the pre-assembly work such as selection of delegates, drafting the ground rules, the election code and the sectoral agenda.  She was also elected as the Assembly Chairperson unanimously with the automatic membership to the Workers in the Informal Sector Council. She cannot be reappointed as Sectoral Representative because the law RA 8425, clearly provides that there is no reappointment for Sectoral Representatives.  She served already as Sectoral Representative from 2002-2005.  

     25 Council Members from the 68 delegates were elected and from the 25 council members, three (3) were nominated to the President. PNoy will then appoint one (1) from them to be the NAPC-WIS Sectoral Representative for the next three years.  The other two not appointed becomes the Alternates for the Sectoral Representative. 

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