Salceda thanks PBBM for EO32, eyes Building Code amendments

ALBAY Rep. Joey Salceda on Sunday thanked President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. for the issuance of Executive Order 32 to expedite the permitting process for telecommunications tower infrastructure to those mandated by existing laws and regulations and preventing the imposition of requirements, such as a resolution by the local councils or Sanggunian.

“The expedited tower permitting policy boosted internet speeds between 2020 and 2022 by 140 percent while reducing prices by as much as 41 percent. Rarely do we do something right by way of policy. And it’s an excellent move on the part of PBBM that he saw the wisdom in reviving it,” he said.

Salceda is pushing for the amendment of the National Building Code to require telecommunications facilities in condominiums and major commer-