MANILA, Philippines — Quirino Rep. Junie Cua, is hoping that the measure seeking to expedite the Covid-19 vaccine procurement process would be approved by President Rodrigo Duterte and published in the Gazette before the end of the month.
Cua, one of the principal authors of House Bill No. 8648, said proponents of the measure were targeting for its approval in the lower chamber on Wednesday.
The measure, however, has yet to be certified as urgent by the President. A certification of urgency would have allowed the Senate and the House to approve their respective version of the measure on second and third reading on the same day.
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