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Romualdez also commended Lacson for acknowledging the lower chamber’s hard work in ensuring a pork-free national budget for next year. (File Photo<\/a>: Martin Romualdez\/Facebook<\/a>)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

MANILA<\/strong>\u00a0— House Majority Leader Ferdinand Martin Romualdez on Monday welcomed Senator Panfilo Lacson’s comment that the Senate could adopt the 2020 national budget bill approved by the House of Representatives as a “step in the right direction”.<\/p>\n

Romualdez also commended Lacson for acknowledging the lower chamber’s hard work in ensuring a pork-free national budget for next year.<\/p>\n

“This bolsters our position that what we approved and transmitted to the Senate is a constitutionally-compliant General Appropriations Bill,” Romualdez said.<\/p>\n

“Let me reiterate, the money measure that we passed under the leadership of Speaker (Alan Peter) Cayetano will marshal a budget for a meaningful change and a reflection not only of the President\u2019s vision to make the life of Filipinos better, but also of the people\u2019s will,” he added.<\/p>\n

The House leader said the swift passage of the 2020 budget, which underwent tight scrutiny by administration and opposition lawmakers, is a product of the chamber’s commitment to help propel the country’s economic growth under the leadership of President Rodrigo Duterte.<\/p>\n

He noted that the pork barrel system is a “thing of the past” and assured that the line item budgeting system will be strictly observed to ensure transparency and accountability in the disbursement of public funds.<\/p>\n

In September, the House approved on third reading House Bill 4228, or the 2020 General Appropriations Bill (GAB), which provides for the PHP4.1-trillion national budget for fiscal year 2020.<\/p>\n

As stated in the 2020 GAB, the top 10 departments with the biggest allocations are: (1) Department of Education, PHP673 billion; (2) Department of Public Works and Highways, PHP534.3 billion; (3) Department of the Interior and Local Government, PHP238 billion; (4) Department of Social Welfare and Development, PHP195 billion; (5) Department of National Defense, PHP189 billion; (6) Department of Health, PHP166.5 billion; (7) Department of Transportation, PHP147 billion; (8) Department of Agriculture, PHP93.1 billion; (9) Judiciary, PHP38.7 billion; and (10) Department of Environment and Natural Resources, PHP26.4 billion.<\/p>\n

Among the critical programs of the Duterte administration are measures to implement new laws and policies that provide socio-economic assistance to all Filipinos and enhance security of the nation, such as the full implementation of the Universal Health Care Act; institutionalization of the Pantawid Pamilyang Pilipino Program; smooth transition to the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao; implementation of the liberalization of rice importation; creation of the Department of Human Settlements and Urban Development; and National Task Force to End Local Communist Armed Conflict.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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