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Thursday, October 22, 2020

Palace to Congress: Give Duterte ample time to review 2021 budget

By Prince Golez

Malacañang expects that the proposed 2021 national budget to be submitted to the Office of the President “on or before the second week of December.”

Presidential Spokesperson Harry Roque said Congress should give the executive department “ample time” to scrutinize next year’s P4.5-trillion budget for.

“Alam ninyo po kasi, hindi rin ganoon kabilis ang pag-review ng budget kasi sa budget lang po may kapangyarihan ang Presidente na gumawa ng tinatawag na ‘line veto’,” Roque said in a televised briefing Thursday.

“The process of reviewing it entails a line by line analysis ‘no. I think it has to be earlier than the second week of December to give the Executive time to review the budget and to see if it will make specific line item vetoes… The sooner the better in December so that we would have ample time to go through it,” he added.

Friday last week, the House of Representatives approved on final reading House Bill No. 7727 or the 2021 General Appropriations Bill.



Source: Latest Politics News Today (Politics.com.ph)

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