31 August 2016— Representative Teodoro G. Montoro (Party-List, AASENSO) told members of the Filipino community in Tokyo that party-list AASENSO, of which he is representing in the House of Representatives, is pushing legislative measures that promote and protect the welfare of the migrant workers and their families. Rep. Montoro was in Tokyo as Guest of Honor at the First Song Writing Contest in celebration of the Migrant Workers Day held in Tokyo on 28 August 2016.
The event was organized by the Filipino Community in cooperation with the Philippine Embassy in Tokyo through the Philippine Overseas Labor Office (POLO).
In his speech before a crowd of about a thousand Filipinos, Rep. Montoro acknowledged the labor sector, including the contributions of the migrant workers, as the prime mover of the Philippine economy.
Rep. Montoro is the principal author of House Bill 1894, amending the Philippine Passport Act of 1996 to lengthen the validity of passports from five to 10 years.
He is also the principal author of House Resolution No. 0172 directing the House Committee on Overseas Workers Affairs and the Committee on Foreign Affairs to investigate, in aid of legislation, the plight of thousands of overseas Filipino workers working in various construction companies in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
The party-list representative has so far filed 20 legislative measures since the opening of the 17th Congress that include advocacies in the promotion of health, education, livelihood, and people’s rights.
Rep. Montoro is the National President of Ating Agapay Sentrong Samahan ng mga Obrero (AASENSO), which won a seat as a Party-List in the House of Representatives during the May 2016 Presidential Election. He is on his first term and is a member of the House Committee on Appropriations.
Rep. Montoro is on a week-long visit to Tokyo to meet representatives of the Filipino Community, the Japanese Government, the International Organization for Migration (IOM), and the non-profit organization Social Enterprise English and Language School (SEELS). During this visit, the congressman was accompanied by his consultant, Col. Don Ferdinand A. Daquial. END
