{"id":206938,"date":"2019-03-26T04:54:19","date_gmt":"2019-03-26T08:54:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/?p=206938"},"modified":"2019-03-26T04:54:53","modified_gmt":"2019-03-26T08:54:53","slug":"2019-budget-will-be-passed-anytime-soon-lacson","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/2019\/03\/26\/2019-budget-will-be-passed-anytime-soon-lacson\/","title":{"rendered":"2019 budget will be passed &#8216;anytime soon&#8217;: Lacson"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>MANILA<\/strong>&nbsp;&#8212; Senator Panfilo Lacson on Tuesday said the proposed 2019 national budget will be passed \u201canytime soon.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This development came after both contingents from the House of Representatives and Senate met on Monday to resolve the budget issue.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"960\" height=\"639\" src=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/23722202_1709442972459028_9168167859682671896_n.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-151404\" srcset=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/23722202_1709442972459028_9168167859682671896_n.jpg 960w, https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/23722202_1709442972459028_9168167859682671896_n-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/23722202_1709442972459028_9168167859682671896_n-768x511.jpg 768w, https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/23722202_1709442972459028_9168167859682671896_n-20x13.jpg 20w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 960px) 100vw, 960px\" \/><figcaption> <br>\u201cLet\u2019s just say, the national budget will be passed anytime soon,\u201d Lacson said in a text message to reporters.  (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/SenatorPingLacson\/photos\/a.1709445882458737.1073742068.824886400914694\/1709442972459028\/?type=3&amp;theater\">File Photo<\/a>: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/SenatorPingLacson\/\">Senator Ping Lacson\/Facebook<\/a>)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cLet\u2019s just say, the national budget will be passed anytime soon,\u201d Lacson said in a text message to reporters.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The budget impasse between the two chambers arose from the alleged post-ratification realignments made by the House in the spending measure.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Sotto earlier stressed he will not sign an enrolled copy of the budget bill for President Rodrigo Duterte\u2019s signature if the lower chamber insists on its amendments.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Sotto, upon meeting with the Senate contingent on Monday night to discuss the result of the budget talks, said he was \u201cstudying the options proposed last night.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">House appropriations committee chair Rolando Andaya Jr. described the meeting as \u201cvery lively\u201d and \u201cpositive\u201d, noting that both panels were able to explain their sides.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&#8220;We had a very lively conversation. We were able to explain both our sides in a very conducive manner for understanding,\u201d Andaya said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Andaya said he expects a new budget to be transmitted for the President\u2019s signature before March 29.&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>MANILA&nbsp;&#8212; Senator Panfilo Lacson on Tuesday said the proposed 2019 national budget will be passed \u201canytime soon.\u201d This development came &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":44,"featured_media":206940,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[16,95],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-206938","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-news","category-news-ph","mauthors-filane-mikee-cervantes","mauthors-philippine-news-agency"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/206938","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/44"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=206938"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/206938\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":206944,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/206938\/revisions\/206944"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/206940"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=206938"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=206938"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=206938"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}