PH scales down Asean parliamentary meetings
Speaker Faustino Dy III on Sunday announced that the country would be scaling down the meetings of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (Asean) Inter-Parliamentary Assembly (AIPA).
According to Dy, in-person activities for the AIPA meetings will only be limited to the General Assembly in October and the Interface Meeting in November, while preparatory meetings will be shifted to virtual platforms.
“We will focus our resources on the meetings that matter most, while ensuring that the work of parliamentary diplomacy continues uninterrupted,” he added.
Deputy Speaker Maria Rachel Arenas, who heads the House’s AIPA organizing efforts, said preparations are now being recalibrated to ensure a smooth transition to a hybrid format centered on the two key in-person events.
