{"id":200021,"date":"2019-01-30T03:15:09","date_gmt":"2019-01-30T08:15:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/?p=200021"},"modified":"2019-01-30T03:15:09","modified_gmt":"2019-01-30T08:15:09","slug":"sotto-wants-reenacted-budget-amid-pork-allegations","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/2019\/01\/30\/sotto-wants-reenacted-budget-amid-pork-allegations\/","title":{"rendered":"Sotto wants reenacted budget amid ‘pork’ allegations"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Sotto made the statement following several allegations of “pork insertions” in the 2019 budget hounding the House of Representatives (HOR) and the Senate. (PNA File Photo)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

MANILA<\/strong>\u00a0— Senate President Vicente Sotto III on Wednesday said he will propose for the withdrawal of the Senate-approved General Appropriations Bill (GAB) for 2019 and push for the reenactment of the national budget.<\/p>\n

Sotto made the statement following several allegations of “pork insertions” in the 2019 budget hounding the House of Representatives (HOR) and the Senate.<\/p>\n

“Considering the numerous allegations being leveled at the 2019 budget both from the HOR and the Senate, I will propose to Sen. Loren (Legarda), as Chair of the Finance Committee, to withdraw the Senate GAB version and go for a reenacted budget,” Sotto told reporters in a message.<\/p>\n

“I hope that will erase all doubts and allegations of pork and other so-called insertions in the budget,” he added, noting that he is “sick and tired” of the allegations.<\/p>\n

Sotto assured that the 2019 elections won’t be affected with a reenacted budget since there is already an allocation for it in the 2018 appropriations.<\/p>\n

The Senate approved on third and final reading the proposed 2019 budget on January 21, two months after the House approved its own version of the bill.<\/p>\n

The bicameral conference reconvened on Monday to proceed with their deliberations on the differing provisions of the spending bill.<\/p>\n

It has been temporarily agreed upon by the bicam to \u201cre-prioritize\u201d some PHP50 billion from the total PHP3.8-trillion budget for 2019.<\/p>\n

Legarda earlier said their goal is to approve the budget before session is adjourned on February 6 and, hopefully, be signed by the President by Valentine’s Day.<\/p>\n

Currently, the government has started operating under a reenacted budget since January 1 this year.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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