FOURTEENTH CONGRESS OF THE ) REPUBLIC OF THE PHILIPPINES ) First Regular Session ) .. Introduced by Senator Antonio "Sonny" F. Trillanes IV AN ACT PROHIBITING DISCRIMINATION AGAINST PERSONS ON ACCOUNT OF ETHNIC ORIGIN AND/OR RELIGIOUS BELIEF Be I t enacted by tJ7e Senale und House of Representatives of 6he 1'hiIippine.y in ('ongress ussembled: SECTION 1. Short Title. - This act shall be known as "'The An/,-Discrimination Act qf 2008. " SEC. 2. Declaration ofpolicy. - It is the policy of the State to: a) Maintain peace and order, protect life, liberty, and property, and promote the general welfare for the enjoyment by all people the blessings of democracy; 1 b) Promote a just and dynamic social order that will insure the prosperity and 8 independence of the nation and free the people from poverty though policies that 9 provide adequate social services, promote full employmenl, a rising standard of IO I1 12 living, and an improved quality of life for all; c ) Recognize and promotes the rights of indigenous cultural communities within the framework of national unity and development; 13 d) Give highest priority to the enactment of measures that protect and enhance the right 14 of all the people to human dignity, reduce social, economic, and political inequalities,