Labis ang pasasalamat ni Ways and Means Committee Chair Joey Salceda kay Pang. Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr. sa pagiging ganap na batas ngayon ng Bulacan Ecozone Law,
Matatandaan na ang unang bersyon ng batas ay vineto ng presidente.
“I thank the administration for allowing the enactment of the Bulacan Ecozone Law. Because he vetoed the first version, carried over from the 18th Congress, I filed a new version that cures the defects the President cited in his veto message.” sabi ni Salceda.
Aniya naging maigting ang komonikasyon ng lehislatura sa ehekutibo, economic at environmental agencies at ngayon ay nagbunga na ito.
“We went through several back-and-forth communication with the Executive Secretary, with the economic agencies, and even with environmental agencies concerned with flooding. Study after study was made. We worked with the whole Bulacan delegation on amendments. It was extensive work. I’m elated that the President saw the merit in the work done, and registered no opposition to this version.” dagdag niya
June 13 nang mag lapse into law ang RA 11999 na magtatatag sa Bulacan Special Economic Zone (EcoZone) Freeport o Bulacan EcoZone at Bulacan Special Economic Zone and Freeport Authority (BEZA).
Sabi ni Salceda ang Bulacan ecozone ang pagkakataon para maitama ang pagkakamali sa urban planning.
Bagay na hindi aniya nagawa sa NAIA kaya’t nagresulta sa traffic congestion sa Metro Manila.
“Bulacan Airport will be the biggest investment ever made in the Philippines. You have to surround it with a well-planned ecozone. You can build export industries around it, because airports are now the world’s fastest ports of entry for goods. Electronics exports thrive around airports. Imagine Mactan but on steroids,” dagdag ni Salceda.
Tinukoy ng House tax chief na may gross export potential ang Bulacan ecozone na nagkakahalaga ng USD 200 billion.
Mapapalaki din nito ang GDP ng bansa ng hindi bababa sa P130 billion kada taon maliban pa sa land value gains na nasa P226 billion.
“That will create massive revenue gains in income taxes and property taxes, so the foregone revenue from tax incentives will get offset,” sabi ni Salceda
Inaasahan na rin ng mambabatas na magsisimula nang pumasok ang mga mamumuhunan bago pa man matapos ang Bulacan airport.| ulat ni Kathleen Forbes
