The Batasan Pambansa is among the many buildings in the country that violate the National Building Code of the Philippines and endangers the lives of occupants for lacking the life-saving Earthquake Recording Instrumentations or accelerograph alarms.
In a privilege speech, 1PACMAN Partylist Rep. Eric Pineda said the main building of the Batasan Pambansa and other legislative offices within the Batasan complex that house the offices of the country’s 304 congressmen “do not have earthquake recording and alarm instruments.”
“Imagine if a high-intensity earthquake happened during the State of the Nation Address it would probably wipe out most of the leaders of this country” Pineda said in underscoring the importance of installing ERIs. The ERI makes a quick analysis of the intensity of a tremor and automatically sets off an alarm that would instantly advise occupants what safety action to take.
The two lawmakers expressed strong doubts that both old and new buildings have alarm instruments installed.
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