Wednesday, 3 April 2019

Daily Tdbune
Diolcro, of adding to l
the budget P?5 billion to the DPWH'
A pox on both houses meant as additional fimd for Duterte's
"Build, Build, Build" Projects?
Reo. Rolando -&:4 insistinp'u ,t", ,n*1 as the funds for these Besides. Diokno's addition, bY
(( endaya Jr. got what ffim senators n ilar.eratly have been diverted the way, slill formed Part of the
Uetoing Gloria iw' budget . to other proiects. budget-making process, which made
he and Speafter
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decided on the I i
it constitutional, unlike the insertions
certain
provisos in i;i'"? ffi'-
#:f,""'."'oi' b insertions in a ratified congressional budget of
Andaya and his cohorts and allegedly
the brid,get un.onrtitutionutrvWS$.#SW requests:of
based on the $ ihe. byi
bA the inserting, tinir *S\ilIl}r inrtividual proponenir, $ Buaget by some senators as l,vell.
allocationi-wis., SWi.WXEg- bringing t6 a sudden $ c-hief ' be Chances are high that Duterte
Presi.dent is
likel,y, ghsen
that the
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ouoqel negollatons,
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wiU be vetoing a lot of line items
proposed and Passed bY the House,
which is probably the reason Andaya
is bitching again on the senalors'
Palace has arrocalrlrn, Lnc roo
yer rhe
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ru rs tire oenate Lrlal
ults ocrleiu€ .
get the tund ,,
-- for their pork barrel? similar insertion of eYen bigger pork'
timc and. tiresome Andaya still Ninez Cacho-Olivares may find itself liabte i6 nlq$tgf seveml. provisions
aga,in... wants to keep alive the accusations of sabotage inthe 2019 GbneralAppropriations
ane-w. even a.fter ratilication ofthe budget.
feud he has with the.senate. when it decided, unitaterally, iol
Bill' Vetoing certain Provisos in the
kept on budget by the President is likelY,
stating
es r" nour" was accused ly cut aol"t tn" ,rio"ution rot' ru which the senaioN have cut down'
Ihe items cut' accordingto repoft€'
tl,e senal" or in budgei President's 'Build, Build, Build' given that the Palace has time and
that tke "ngaing
insertions after the fact, Andaya and program and other priority
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projects,' I had P6 bilion for Row projects' P11'03
billion for Department of Public works
again, at lea$ during the budget
Preaident his House cohorts, who all claimed ;;;;;hc;; ii;;;.'i""d.'.rl squabble between the Senal,e and
wi.ll veto in the two mediation meetings they 'up to now, the senate has yet to I
P25 billion for
10 lunwarc' Row a'nd projects' House, kept on .stating that the
whoteaer ia had with the senate panel to thresh a"t"lted report on thd i DPWH forcign-assisted President will veto whatever is
our the squabble of rhe long-delayed ^"t"^putti"
propoi"nm who " recommended l,hd -l:fT|1$".'-\: 4- needed to be vetoed, as Duterte has
SqvernmentMthtunds ll-
needed to
budget xdth insertions, aamittea ttrat individuat realignments,' they added. studied what is wrong or right in the
be Detoed. for rght-of-]ryay and It
it was all a misunderstanding. wtrat it reallj' tooti tit<e is"that ttre matter of the uoposed P3.767-['rillior
At the end of the "congessional House leaders, especially Andaya, may other infrastructure appears to budget for 2019, making certain that
hary ihe iurlget is conpliant with the 198?
peace talls,"the two chambeN smoked be worried thattheir irsertert line pork I ll:l-.":]j-^y].t]
surely hamper the and still leen'
ihe porlg peace pipe amicably. The allocations ftr the select allies ofthe Constitution.
senate blinked, the House got its speaker and Anda a would be vetoed imp-lementation i8' a titlor "The President, I'm sure, will
billions in their porkba.rrel and senate by President Duterte. 9j Lhi -Pr-e:id-e{'l: tat olfeLse factor in all the statements made
President vicente "Tito' Sotto III It appears to have been, and I 'Build' Build' Bttild' 1p26 by both chambers in going over the
signed the budget bi[, saying he did still is, a tit for tat offense move wogrem'"-,---
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And,a|a budget and then decide for himself''
so with "st,rong resen€tions." Andaya and House leaders practice, :!,:T-it-y,t-t-91 and flouse Fesidential spokesman Sal Panelo
one thoutht that was the enil despite already getting what they 9l',p119lt'v \o)lc!; leaders said.
of the spauing between the Senate want - their inserted line allocations
mc]u9S-TT.TTlt prarltce, The House expressed confidence
anl,ra',way ry:i:Sl that the office of the President will
and llouse leaders and a friendlier signed and passed. But at the same ;esrrte
atmosphere between rhe two tiire, they can'l stop their custom of Y":ll. lf . Io,,"^t--t^l otrioaa consider its anendments for review
chambers would develop really soon. hitting out at the Senate, accusing |t":t:"i .1T,t:T" oe1ins what and look fot ways to restore these
wrong. itsleadersto have also inserted their
p1TJll olt;, " through the Eesidential Yeto.
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There went Andaya again, wil,h his own porktorhe point of placing in .-j--"-: 1,^-{- ll^: ,oit-th"i, A lot of FiliPinos hope Duterte
, would veto all pork banel allocations
and the House leaders' accusations jeopardy the "Build, Build, Build"
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11'# ioj:; ffi; ffi ;;; y-*' * that even some senators allegedly
inserted after the ratification.
Bicamerd Conference committee, tirese'inlristru"ture p-rolects
"l'#J'.".il'#'ilfi A pox on both houses is ProbablY
;*T'rl;J";;"bH ;{:::r:* an apt statement a[ lhis time.
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