Senators meet in Jan over reconvening bicam to abolish Road Board

THE Senate majority bloc will meet in January to discuss a suggestion that the Senate and the House of Representatives reconvene the bicameral conference committee to further strengthen the abolition of the graft-ridden Road Board.

Senate Majority Leader Juan Miguel, who met with his House counterpart, Rep. Rolando Andaya Jr., said the bicameral conference committee may be reconvened on January 14 to craft the wordings to the law that would abolish the agency and revert the income and the funds to either the Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) or National Treasury.