Republic of the Philippines
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
Constitution Hills, Quezon City

Seventeenth Congress
First Regular Session

5377

HOUSE BILL no.

Introduced by Representative Florida P. Robes

EXPLANATORY NOTE

President Rodrigo Roa Duterte (PRRD) now serves as the hope and inspiration of the
Filipino People. In his historic election as President of the Republic, tens of millions of Filipinos
now see him as the rallying point for real Philippine Reforms, Reunification, and Development
(PRRD) in our nation.

Going back to our nation’s history, our country was once a political-military-economic
powerhouse in Asia with our military force as the No. 2 strongest in the region, with many
Southeast Asian countries sending their scholars to study here in the Philippines, their top
military cadets to train here, and their professionals to learn the best practices here and bringing
it back to their respective countries afterwards. Even generations of Chinese people migrated to
the Philippines before to find a better life and a safer society

In the recent decades, our neighbors have already overtaken us. We now import rice from
countries that developed their rice varieties here in the Philippines, their military forces now
more powerful in strength and technology, their capital cities now the centers of business and
finance in our region even though the Philippines is the main country strategically located in the
center of Southeast Asia. In the recent years, the Philippines has become the center of illegal
drug trafficking in Southeast Asia with our national capital region also becoming a hub for drug

addicts and criminals preying on our citizens everyday.

From that sense of national hopelessnes, now comes a reformer president who is inspiring
and leading the Philippine populace, and now becoming the rising Southeast Asian Strongman
leader that we can be proud of. Much has changed since he took office in June 2016. He has
reshaped Philippine society at its very core, allowing new belief and new patriotic passions to
form. His methods are the alternative ways to execute the long overdue and badly-needed
reformation, upliftment, and strengthening of our Republic. His unparalleled focus on the illegal
drug problem of our country that is poisoning our people and his strong peace & order initiatives

are now ushering us to a safer and a more secure society for our loved ones and countrymen.


His leadership is bringing about the rebirth of pride in our people and breathes new life
into all of us, as we partner with him in building a new nation, His leadership now is
transforming our countrymen from generations of Filipinos who got used to having laziness and
mediocrity as a way of life into a modem society of disciplined and productive citizens devoted
to eradicate illegal drugs, criminality and terrorism; tens of millions of Filipinos dedicated into
becoming nation-builders who will uplift the Philippine Republic into a real Southeast Asian

Superpower in the near future.

Itis therefore fitting, for the Filipino People to formally commemorate March 28 of every
year, the date of birth of our Reformist President, as a day of hope and inspiration for the Filipino
People, a day reminding us to stand up from poverty, criminality, and mediocrity so that we can
have a grander destiny for our country, and to create a safer, a better, and a more powerful
Republic that we can be proud of and will be inherited by the next generation of Filipinos, To the
tens of millions of Filipinos who have felt hopelessness in our society before, let us mark March
28 of every year as a day of genuine reforms, transformational leadership, and our upliftment to a
proud race worthy to become the next political, military, and business leaders of Southeast Asia.

For these patriotic reasons, the passage of this bill is earnestly sought.

HON. FLOMIDA P. ROBES
Repfesentative
Lone District, San Jose Del Monte City


Republic of the Philippines
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES,
Constitution Hills, Quezon City

Seventeenth Congress
First Regular Session

HOUSE BILL no. 5377
Introduced by Representative Florida P. Robes

AN ACT
DECLARING THE 28™ DAY OF MARCH OF EVERY YEAR, AS THE
PRESIDENT RODRIGO ROA DUTERTE (PRRD) DAY, A SPECIAL WORKING
HOLIDAY COMMEMORATING THE TRUE PHILIPPINE REFORMS,
REUNIFICATION, AND DEVELOPMENT IN OUR NATION

Be it enacted by the Senate and the House of Representatives of the Philippines in Congress
assembled:

Section 1. The 28" day of March of every year is hereby declared as the President Rodrigo Roa
Duterte (PRRD) Day. It shall be a special working holiday nationwide, and shall commemorate
the start of the true Philippine Reforms, Reunification, and Development (PRRD) in our nation’s

history.

Section 2. The Filipino Youth, especially the military cadets, ROTC cadets, CAT/PMT cadets,
boy scouts and girl scouts, and other nationalistic organizations, are hereby enjoined to showease
their patriotic ideals, pride, & excellence in partnering with the government with a collective
vision of transforming the Philippine Republic into a Southeast Asian powerhouse that we can all
be proud of, that our families and countrymen can benefit in, and a nationalistic legacy that the

next generations of Filipinos can inherit from us

Section 3.This Act shall take effect immediately upon its approval

Approved,