REPUBLIC OF THE PHILIPPINES

HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
Quezon City, Metro Manila FIFTEENTH CONGRESS Second Regular Session House Resolution No. 2370

Introduced by Kabataan Partylist Representative RAYMOND V. PALATINO

RESOLUTION URGING THE HOUSE COMMITTEE ON YOUTH AND SPORTS DEVELOPMENT TO REVIEW, IN AID OF LEGISLATION, THE PROCESS OF SELECTION AND IMPLEMENTATION OF THE NATIONAL YOUTH PARLIAMENT WHEREAS, Sec. 13 of Republic Act No. 8044 or the Youth in Nation-Building Act mandates the National Youth Commission (NYC) to convene a Parliament of Youth Leaders every two (2) years; WHEREAS, the National Youth Parliament (NYP) was envisioned to be a major development program and mandate of the NYC which would provide an effective feedback mechanism to various government institutions and an avenue for the youth to participate in governance; WHEREAS, the same mandate requires the NYC to ensure the equal geographical representation of the youth sector in the country; WHEREAS, the same section also requires equal representation of men and women in every city, province and region, ensuring representatives from various sectors, including, but not limited to: In-School Youth, Out-of-School Youth, Working Youth, and Youth with Special Needs and the Sangguniang Kabataan; WHEREAS, the democratic and transparent selection of delegates is necessary to preserve the integrity of the NYP as a major political gathering of the country's most active youth leaders who are given the task of formulating concrete legislative and policy recommendations to the government; WHEREAS, the diverse representation of the NYP can positively influence the output of the program by reflecting the various aspirations and creative ideas of young people; WHEREAS, it has been observed that such provisions of the law, the selection
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process and implementation of the program have not been dutifully observed by the NYC in the past decade; WHEREAS, suspicions about the intentional or unintentional failure of the NYC to implement the original mandate of the NYP have discouraged many young people from participating in the program in the past years; WHEREAS, a probe on the implementation of the NYP can help members of Congress to determine if an amendment of the law which created NYC can boost youth participation in governance NOW THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED AS IT IS HEREBY RESOLVED that the House Committee on Youth and Sports Development by virtue of its oversight functions to investigate the process of selection and implementation of the National Youth Parliament as a program of the NYC; Adopted,

HON. RAYMOND V. PALATINO Representative, Kabataan Partylist