Although the Philippine Government has made legislation available through their respective online portals, visualizing the progress of a bill remains a challenge. To determine a particular bill's status and timeline, it requires the typical Filipino citizen to trawl and plot massive data from:
Kongresmo aims to solve this challenge by providing a one-stop, intuitive app for viewing, and tracking
legislation authored by the Philippine Senate and House of Representatives.
A bill, is law in the making. The process, as outlined by the 1987 Constitution, goes along as follows:
Infographic taken from primer.com.ph
I've always been adamant in pushing the Philippines forward through technology. This project, is a step towards a government empowered with effective information dissemination.
Colleagues have long discouraged me from funneling my efforts in government-related innovations. Almost everyone lean on the pessimist side of things - and I can't blame them. Our country is riddled with issues of never-ending graft and corruption.
Nevertheless, I stand strong. 🤞
And I also needed an excuse to write in Flutter.
This project is still under construction 🚧