Incoming lawmakers urged to focus on economic measures

By Kenneth Christiane L. Basilio, Reporter

THE INCOMING 20^th Congress should prioritize legislation that would boost economic growth and enforce fiscal discipline to curb rising debt, while laying the foundation for long-term economic stability, economists and business groups said.

John Paolo R. Rivera, a senior research fellow at the Philippine Institute for Development Studies, said lawmakers should focus on measures that would drive productivity-led growth, improve tax revenue, and reduce wasteful spending.