BAGUIO CITY – The Cordillera
Regional Development Council ended 2020 with a capacity building activity on
parliamentary rules and procedures.
Senate director and chief counselor on Senate parliamentary law lawyer Amado Maralit, discussed applications of parliamentary procedure and protocol during the activity on Dec. 23.
“It is not necessary for you to be lawyer to be a proper parliamentarian”, said Maralit.
Knowing and following an organization’s rules is crucial to conduct orderly meetings and capture meeting agreements properly, Maralit said.
He said parliamentary procedure was a democratic device to help Filipinos make decisions and avoid unruly meetings.
Practically, it is a way to maximize meetings with an emphasis on respect and procedure, he said.
While Maralit said the organization must have its own rules, he noted that it helps to know established fundamentals of parliamentary procedure.
He recommended Robert’s Rules of Order, a time-tested guide to parliamentary procedure used by United States organizations and their allies.
A good and productive meeting according to Maralit is one in which the Chairperson is knowledgeable of the rules.
He said decisions in the presence of a quorum and are not illegal, improper, or unconstitutional.
“Rules can give way to practicality in the service of the organization’s agenda, which in this case, is for regional and national development,” he said.
RDC vice chairperson and National Economic Development Authority Cordillera director Milagros Rimando said the activity was aimed to “drive further our agenda of Cordillera regional development.”
The Regional Development Council and its sectoral and support committees are composed of representatives from the private sector, regional line agencies, local government units and House of Representatives with NEDA-CAR serving as technical and administrative secretariat.
The RDC is the highest policy-making body in the Cordillera.
Decisions are made in the form of resolutions endorsed by its various committees and quarterly meetings.
The meetings are held with its own set of house rules. The training/orientation on parliamentary rules and procedure increases the capability of the RDC members in making fair and efficient decisions towards furthering the region’s agenda for development.
Senate director and chief counselor on Senate parliamentary law lawyer Amado Maralit, discussed applications of parliamentary procedure and protocol during the activity on Dec. 23.
“It is not necessary for you to be lawyer to be a proper parliamentarian”, said Maralit.
Knowing and following an organization’s rules is crucial to conduct orderly meetings and capture meeting agreements properly, Maralit said.
He said parliamentary procedure was a democratic device to help Filipinos make decisions and avoid unruly meetings.
Practically, it is a way to maximize meetings with an emphasis on respect and procedure, he said.
While Maralit said the organization must have its own rules, he noted that it helps to know established fundamentals of parliamentary procedure.
He recommended Robert’s Rules of Order, a time-tested guide to parliamentary procedure used by United States organizations and their allies.
A good and productive meeting according to Maralit is one in which the Chairperson is knowledgeable of the rules.
He said decisions in the presence of a quorum and are not illegal, improper, or unconstitutional.
“Rules can give way to practicality in the service of the organization’s agenda, which in this case, is for regional and national development,” he said.
RDC vice chairperson and National Economic Development Authority Cordillera director Milagros Rimando said the activity was aimed to “drive further our agenda of Cordillera regional development.”
The Regional Development Council and its sectoral and support committees are composed of representatives from the private sector, regional line agencies, local government units and House of Representatives with NEDA-CAR serving as technical and administrative secretariat.
The RDC is the highest policy-making body in the Cordillera.
Decisions are made in the form of resolutions endorsed by its various committees and quarterly meetings.
The meetings are held with its own set of house rules. The training/orientation on parliamentary rules and procedure increases the capability of the RDC members in making fair and efficient decisions towards furthering the region’s agenda for development.
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