Eric Go Yap

Eric Go Yap (born May 11, 1979) is a Filipino politician who currently serves as a Representative of the Anti-Crime and Terrorism Community Involvement and Support (ACT-CIS) Partylist in the House of Representatives.

Eric Go Yap
Member of the Philippine House of Representatives
for the ACT-CIS Partylist
Assumed office
June 30, 2019
Serving with Jocelyn Pua-Tulfo and Niña Taduran
Personal details
Born
Eric Go Yap

(1979-05-11) May 11, 1979
NationalityFilipino
Political partyAnti-Crime and Terrorism Community Involvement and Support (ACT-CIS) Partylist
ProfessionRepresentative, ACT-CIS Partylist

Legislative Caretaker, Benguet

Chairperson, House Committee on Appropriations

Political career

Representative, ACT-CIS Partylist

Yap was first elected into public office in 2019,[1][2][3] together with Jocelyn Pua-Tulfo and Rowena Niña Taduran as representatives of the ACT-CIS Partylist for the 18th Congress of the Philippines. Garnering a historic vote of 2,651,987 votes, ACT-CIS Partylist was declared the number one partylist in the 2019 National Elections.[4]

Legislative Caretaker, Benguet

In January 2020, he was appointed as the Legislative Caretaker[5][6][7] of the Lone District of Benguet.

One of his proposed legislation is the renationalization of Benguet General Hospital, which will allow better focus on the provision and improvement of the delivery of health care services and its existing facilities through appropriate funding support from the Department of Health.[8]

House Committees

Formerly the Chairperson of the Committee on Games and Amusements[9], Yap was appointed Chairperson of the Committee on Appropriations in March 2020[10]. He is the first neophyte congressman and first partylist representative to lead the Committee on Appropriations, which tackles all matters directly and principally relating to the expenditures of the national government including payment of public indebtedness, creation or abolition and classification of positions in government, and the determination of salaries, allowances and benefits of government personnel.

He also serves as the Vice Chairperson of the Committee on Games and Amusements, Committee on Good Government and Accountability, Committee on Government Enterprises and Privatization and the Committee on Ways and Means. Alongside, he is a member of the Committees on Accounts; Banks and Financial Intermediaries; Energy; Flagship Programs and Projects; Foreign Affairs; Good Government and Public Accountability; Higher and Technical Education; Justice; Legislative Franchises; Overseas Workers Affairs; Public Accounts; Public Works and Highways; and Transportation.

Advocacies

Yap was one of the principal authors of House Bill No. 5477 which was signed into law (Republic Act No. 11463) by President Rodrigo Roa Duterte last December 2019 which institutionalizes Malasakit Center[11]—a one-stop shop for government medical and financial assistance.

Personal life

On March 25, 2020, Yap initially confirmed that he tested positive for the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) but turned out to be negative a result of an "encoding error". The lawmaker took the test on March 15 for he was exposed to several people and not for being symptomatic for the disease. During the eleven-day wait period for the test result he divulged that he still attended and visited governmental meetings, like on March 21 at the Malacañang Palace and on March 23 at the special session of the House of Representatives.[12][13][14] Two days after the confirmation, on March 27, the RITM, who tested his results, have stated that Yap's result was actually negative but was listed initially as positive as a result of an "encoding error". The representative have accepted the apology of the research center.[15][16]

References
  1. "2019 Midterm Election Results".
  2. "LIST: Neophyte party-list reps include businessmen, political clans, former gov't officials". May 23, 2019.
  3. Bueza, Michael. "ACT-CIS tops party-list race in Metro Manila, 5 regions". Rappler. Retrieved 2020-01-23.
  4. https://www.comelec.gov.ph/?r=2019NLE/ElectionResults_/PartyListCanvassReport
  5. "Party-list solon designated as Benguet caretaker". GMA News Online. Retrieved 2020-01-23.
  6. Share; Twitter; Twitter; Twitter. "House names party-list solon as Benguet caretaker". www.pna.gov.ph. Retrieved 2020-01-23.
  7. News, Michelle Soriano, ABS-CBN. "ACT-CIS' Eric Go Yap appointed caretaker congressman of Benguet". ABS-CBN News. Retrieved 2020-01-23.
  8. "Re-nationalization, more bed capacity for BeGH pushed – HERALD EXPRESS | News in Cordillera and Northern Luzon". Retrieved 2020-03-03.
  9. "ACT-CIS deserves House panel chairmanship, says nominee". Manila Bulletin News. Retrieved 2020-01-23.
  10. Lalu, Gabriel Pabico. "Yap: Not expecting House appropriations panel chair appointment". newsinfo.inquirer.net. Retrieved 2020-03-03.
  11. Ranada, Pia. "Duterte signs Go's Malasakit Center law in Malacañang ceremony". Rappler. Retrieved 2020-02-10.
  12. "After attending Palace and Congress meetings, lawmaker reveals he has COVID-19". ABS-CBN News. March 25, 2020. Retrieved Mar 26, 2020.
  13. Cepeda, Mara (March 25, 2020). "House appropriations panel chair Eric Yap tests positive for coronavirus". Rappler. Retrieved March 26, 2020.
  14. Yap, DJ (March 26, 2020). "House rep infected; he was in Malacañang last weekend". Philippine Daily Inquirer. Retrieved March 26, 2020.
  15. "Rep. Yap negative for COVID-19, RITM clarifies; apologizes for 'clerical oversight'". ABS-CBN News. March 27, 2020. Retrieved March 27, 2020.
  16. "'Clerical oversight': RITM says congressman Yap 'remains negative' for COVID-19". Rappler. March 27, 2020. Retrieved March 27, 2020.
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