LEYTE Rep. RICHARD GOMEZ (4th district) has filed two measures seeking to boost the entertainment industry from which he started years back.
One of these is a bill seeking to preserved the country's film heritage and promote cinematographic arts and building in compliance with the constitutional provision mandating the government to protect and save the nation's film reservoir.
House Bill No. 936 notes that other than the establishment of a film archive as mandated under Republic Act No. 9167 or the law which created the film Development Council of the Philippines
"not much has been done along the line of protecting and conserving our film reservoir, understandably due to the usual problems of funding constraints and lack of technical expertise and storage infrastructural facilities. "
The actor turned lawmaker lamented that thousands of filipino films have been lost due to lack of systematic identification, preservation and restoration efforts.
"This bill is premised on that hope or chance no matter how slim and diminishing that some copies of lost Filipino classics may still be traced, acquired and preserved for the benefit of our present future generations, "Gomez said.
He stressed that "the film industry is much more than a commercial enterprise designed for public entertainment. Cinematic films mirror the human and social conditions, dramatizes the people's struggles toward total liberation and enhances our understanding and appreciation of our social values and national identity. "
On the other hand. House Bill No. 1428 seeks to provide the much needed spark for the Filipino artists to excel in their own chosen field by giving cash incentives and none monetary benefits to actors and actresses who bring pride and honor to the country when they win in international competitions.
"This proposed legislation would be a step closer in the right direction in making the arts a respectable and decent source of livelihood of our artists, "Gomez said.
He expressed hope that the measure would rectify to a limited, the decades of neglect discrimination and some time even approbrium suffered by artists in a society which prides itself as being democratic and lebels itself as humane. "
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