{"id":211063,"date":"2019-04-23T05:25:09","date_gmt":"2019-04-23T09:25:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/?p=211063"},"modified":"2019-04-23T05:25:09","modified_gmt":"2019-04-23T09:25:09","slug":"house-will-still-back-prrds-programs-despite-veto-of-2019-budget","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/2019\/04\/23\/house-will-still-back-prrds-programs-despite-veto-of-2019-budget\/","title":{"rendered":"House will still back PRRD\u2019s programs despite veto of 2019 budget"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Panelo also disagreed with claims that removing the PHP95.3 billion insertions would have an impact on some projects under the Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH). (File Photo<\/a>: Office of the Presidential Spokesperson\/Facebook<\/a>)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

MANILA<\/strong>\u00a0— Presidential Spokesperson Salvador Panelo agreed with Cabinet Secretary Karlos Nograles that the House of Representatives will still support President Rodrigo R. Duterte\u2019s programs despite his decision to veto PHP95.3 billion realigned by some congressmen in the 2019 national budget.<\/p>\n

\u201cOo naman<\/em>\u00a0(Yes, of course),\u201d Panelo told reporters in an interview after a Palace briefing on Monday.<\/p>\n

In a press briefing last week, Nograles expressed confidence that the House will not \u201cretaliate\u201d since the President only did what he believed is \u201ccorrect and legal\u201d by vetoing the budget.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe don\u2019t see any retaliation from Congress\u00a0kasi wala namang personalan dito<\/em>\u00a0(It\u2019s nothing personal),\u201d Nograles said in a briefing in Manila on April 17.<\/p>\n

Panelo also pointed out that there will be a new set of lawmakers after the mid-term elections this May.<\/p>\n

\u201cMay bago nang Kongreso<\/em>\u00a0(There will be a new Congress). It wouldn\u2019t be the present Congress. After election,\u00a0may bago na \u2018yan<\/em>\u00a0(there will be new ones),\u201d Panelo said.<\/p>\n

Panelo, meanwhile, insisted that the last-minute insertions made by the lower chamber are \u201cunconstitutional\u201d.<\/p>\n

\u201cHindi pupuwedeng i-<\/em>approve\u00a0\u2018yun e dahil<\/em>\u00a0unauthorized\u00a0\u2018yun e.<\/em>\u00a0(They can\u2019t be approved because they\u2019re unauthorized). They\u2019re in violation of the Constitution,\u201d Panelo said.<\/p>\n

Panelo also disagreed with claims that removing the PHP95.3 billion insertions would have an impact on some projects under the Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH).<\/p>\n

\u201cDi naman kasi may<\/em>\u00a0program\u00a0na yung DPWH di ba<\/em>. DPWH should know\u00a0kung ano yung dapat na<\/em>\u00a0priority (I don\u2019t think so because the DPWH already has its own programs. DPWH should know what the priorities are),\u201d Panelo said.<\/p>\n

Duterte finally signed the 2019 budget after long delay in its passage but vetoed PHP95.3 billion worth of appropriation which is “not part of the President’s priority projects.”<\/p>\n

The delay in the budget\u2019s passage stemmed from an impasse between the Senate and the House of Representatives after the lower house made last-minute amendments to the final version of the bill approved by the bicameral conference committee.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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