Sagada SB wants local gov’t code in line with RH bill

By Gina Dizon

SAGADA, Mountain Province –The Sangguniang Bayan here requested Interior Secretary Jesse Robredo to introduce amendment of the Local Government Code (Republic Act 7160) setting 50 percent of population in determining the internal revenue allotment (IRA) of each local government unit so that this could be reconciled with the Reproductive Health bill.

In a resolution, the SB pushed amendment of section 285 title 111 of RA 7160 identifying the IRA of each LGU determined on basis of the following formula: population at 25 percent, land area at 25% and formal sharing at 50%.

RA 7160 stipulates that population gets a 50% basis for determining the IRA, land area at 25%, and equal sharing of 25%.

Vice Mayor Richard Yodong said the reproductive health bill which is currently deliberated in Congress and among LGU and national government offices contradicts the said provision of RA 7160.

Yodong thus said RA 7160 and the reproductive health bill should be reconciled with an amended provision lessening population as basis for computing the IRA.

He said this is to let laws be consistent with the controversial House Bill 4244 promoting reproductive health if this is enacted.