SENATOR Imee Marcos did not commit a yes vote for the Negros Island Region but she said it is a good idea.
"I haven't studied it completely, but I've heard about it already. I don't think I'm in a position to say yes or no right now, simply because I have to study it carefully but it's a good idea because in these days, you really have to group together to be able to negotiate better for goods and services from the government," Marcos said.
She said the NIR bill is a good opportunity for the Negrenses to stick together and have a louder voice in sugar, in the division of infrastructure and in the efforts of the government to extend safety nets to the poorer and marginalized sectors.
"It's always a good idea to be united and speak a louded voice," she said.
Marcos said she know that NIR is a a very, very old legislation which has been approved but was was not completed.
"I haven't studied it intently," she added.
It NIR bill will bind together Negros Occidental, Negros Oriental and Siquijor.
The measure was recently approved by the lower house.*