SENATOR Joseph Victor Ejercito filed a bill seeking to repeal Republic Act No. 10912 otherwise known as the Continuing Professional Development Act of 2016.

“While the CPD Act aims to develop and maintain professional competencies by serving as a gateway in gaining new skills and knowledge in their professions, compliance to the said law does not come cheap, particularly for struggling professionals,” Ejercito said in filing Senate Bill No. 1162.

RA 10912 established CPD programs for all regulated professions and made CPD a mandatory requirement for the renewal of personal identification cards of all registered and licensed professionals under the regulation of the Philippine Regulatory Commission.

However, in recent years, the said law has drawn flak for making license renewals more tedious and expensive.

Citing a recent PRC resolution that extended the acceptance of license renewals without CPD units, Ejercito said the CPD Act has inflicted a costly burden on Filipino professionals as the country struggles with rising inflation.

“At this time, when inflation has risen yet again and Filipinos struggle with soaring food prices, the 2.56 million registered Filipino professionals do not need additional costly burden of complying with their CPD requirements. Thus, the CPD Act needs to be repealed,” the senator noted.