u/_Dark_Wing

So they want to make stricter rules. It's only now they realize that? Has no one in the senate or congress ever noticed this pattern of disconnect between the laws/rules they pass and the eventual outcomes of these "well intentioned" laws/rules?

For years I've seen hearing after hearing lawmakers interrogate department officials blaming them for the failures of the execution of these laws, and department officials blaming the ambiguity of these laws crafted by the lawmakers. This system is providing an endless supply of excuses for the failures of all parties involved in the creation and execution of these laws.

Has no one ever noticed that in the vast majority of cases, as I have mentioned, we are seeing a pattern of disconnect between the laws and the interpretation of these laws by the executive departments which they were created for. Time and again a law is made, sent over to the concerned department(for example LTO, finance, dpwh), the department creates the IRR's for it.

This is where the corruption mostly begins. The IRR's(implementing rules and regulations) more often than not misinterpret the laws which result in an epic failure of the laws. It's almost as if the IRR's are designed to produce the opposite of the intended effect of the law, and foster an environment of corruption.

So my proposition is change this system. The power to create IRR's must be removed completely from the executive departments. Nobody really knows the personality of the people who make them. Almost none of them ever get punished for creating these stupid IRR's.

Place the burden on the lawmakers. It is easier to make them accountable if they fail because if they fail, their reputation will be ruined and people may not vote for them in the next cycle.

Lawmakers who propose and write bills must also write the specific IRR's for these bills, so if the bill is passed into law and it fails, we have no one to blame but the lawmakers. This way I think we will produce more effective laws that will not be lost in translation because of transparency and accountability.

If lawmakers complain that they will not be able to handle the workload, then replace them with people who can and are willing to handle the workload. Sure they may need a bigger team of advisers and more budget to pull it off, but I would rather have this, than leaving the law into the hands of executive departments who misinterpret the law.