Press Release
June 7, 2019

WITHOUT PROHIBITION VS. FIXED TERM EMPLOYMENT, ANTI-ENDO BILL CANNOT END CONTRACTUALIZATION

*Akbayan Senator Risa Hontiveros'a statement removing herself as one of the authors of the Security of Tenure Bill

When I supported the passage of the Security of Tenure (SOT) Bill in the Senate, it came with the hope that we could further strengthen the measure in the bicameral process by including a provision that I recommended against fixed term employment and which was also included in the version passed by the House of Representatives.

Sadly, the House of Representatives decided to simply adopt the Senate's version of the bill, thereby canceling the bicameral process and missing the opportunity to include the provision against fixed term employment.

The prohibition against fixed term employment is the heart and soul of the Security of Tenure Bill. Without this, the measure cannot end ENDO.

Consistent with my party, Akbayan's, position on this issue, in consultation with our partner labor groups and with all due respect to my colleagues, I will disassociate myself from this measure and remove myself from among its authors.

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