Palace to veto'flawed' budget HOUSE APPROPRIATIONS committee chair Rolando G. An- need to be further itemized day4 Jr. ofthe Is district of Ca- by both Houses. That was the .
marines Sul on Sundaytold Sen- agreement at the conclusion of
ators to let President Rodrigo R. the meetings' of the Bicameral Duterte decide on whether to Conference Comuiittee,,, he veto provisions ofthe 2ot9 Gen- said in the same statement. eral Appropriations Bill (GAB) "We will plint the 2Ot9 cAA amid alleged "manipulation,, of so the people would know where the budget after it was approved the projects and programs that bytroth chambers. will be implemented this year "If the senators really feel that fromhealti to educationto agri- the budget we have ratified is culture to infrastructure would constitutionally infirm and le- go." gally flawed, then they can tell Mr Aadaya last week said ttte the President what specific por- bill will be readyto be transmit- tions and provisions to veto. And ted for the signing of the presi- we will respect the presidential dent by March IO or ll. Senator Senate President Vicente C. of the Department of Health,s al- vetq" Mr. Andaya said in Sottq however, still has reserva- a state- Sotto III reported that the Legis- locations. Both. Houses ratified ment. tions about signing tlte enrolled lative Budget Research ard Mon- the 2Ol9 GAB on Feb. 8. "That.is his prerogative. Don,t copy. itoring Office found p79 biuion Mr, Andaya has said that the take that right away from him. to have been realigned from the "I'll wait for the copy that House contingent "itemized,, (the) HoR will send. If they If the contested approtrriatibns ratified P3.757-trillion national lump-sum funds for transpar- represant 27o of the national made internal realignments budget. ency. budgeq then wliy should other than what we approved it jeop- SenatorPanfilo M. Lacson last "The proposed 2Ot9 cAA ardize the uncodtested (and) ratified in plenary then 98Zo? week also flagged the delayed (General Appropriations Act), Whyhostage the national budget I will not sign i!', he told Busl- transmittal of the budget bill to v/hen ratified by the Senate and nessWorld in a phone message over unfounded and. unreason- the Office ofthe president, which the House of Representatives, on Sunday. - Charmaine A. able fear?" I , ..," he said was due to manipulation contained lump-sum funds that t'ut* ?An= +/sl