Department of Social Welfare and Development.
MANILA, Philippines — The National Commission of Senior Citizens (NCSC) and National Movement of Older Persons (NMOP) on Thursday opposed Senate bills seeking to institutionalize the commission’s attachment to the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD).
At the center of the Senate joint committee hearing is whether the NCSC should remain an independent body with policymaking and implementing functions or be attached to the DSWD and focus primarily on policy, coordination and monitoring.
During the hearing, NCSC Commissioner Maria Dolores Rigonan warned that attaching the commission to the DSWD could “inadvertently marginalize the senior citizen sector and dilute its original mandate.”
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