{"id":268210,"date":"2020-09-10T01:31:33","date_gmt":"2020-09-10T05:31:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/?p=268210"},"modified":"2020-09-10T01:31:33","modified_gmt":"2020-09-10T05:31:33","slug":"house-panel-defers-pcoo-budget-briefing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/2020\/09\/10\/house-panel-defers-pcoo-budget-briefing\/","title":{"rendered":"House panel defers PCOO budget briefing"},"content":{"rendered":"
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ACT Teachers Party-list Rep. France Castro raised the motion to suspend the PCOO\u2019s budget hearing due to Communications Undersecretary Lorraine Badoy\u2019s recent statement accusing her and other Makabayan lawmakers as \u201chigh-ranking officials of the Communist Party of the Philippines-New People\u2019s Army-National Democratic Front (CPP-NPA-NDF)\u201d. (File Photo:<\/a> House of Representatives\/Facebook<\/a>)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

MANILA<\/strong>\u00a0\u2013 The House Committee on Appropriations on Wednesday deferred the deliberations on the proposed PHP1.59-billion 2021 budget of the Presidential Communications Operations Office\u2019s (PCOO) over the supposed \u201cred-tagging\u201d of Makabayan bloc lawmakers by one of the agency\u2019s officials.<\/p>\n

ACT Teachers Party-list Rep. France Castro raised the motion to suspend the PCOO\u2019s budget hearing due to Communications Undersecretary Lorraine Badoy\u2019s recent statement accusing her and other Makabayan lawmakers as \u201chigh-ranking officials of the Communist Party of the Philippines-New People\u2019s Army-National Democratic Front (CPP-NPA-NDF)\u201d.<\/p>\n

Badoy also serves as spokesperson of the National Task Force to End Local Communist Armed Conflict (NTF-ELCAC).<\/p>\n

Castro\u2019s motion was seconded by Bayan Muna Party-list Rep. Carlos Zarate who is also part of the Makabayan bloc.<\/p>\n

In response, Communications Secretary Martin Andanar said Badoy\u2019s remarks were done using her own social media account and not of the PCOO\u2019s, thus not reflecting the position of the agency.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt was a Facebook post of Undersecretary Badoy, using her own Facebook page. It was not posted on the Presidential Communications Operations Office\u2019s page which has 2 million followers. It was not even posted on PTV, which has more than 2-3 million followers, or the Philippine News Agency,\u201d Andanar said.<\/p>\n

“Whatever our esteemed USec. Badoy, if she’s given the right to answer, that is her own post on her own page,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n

He said Badoy\u2019s post should not affect the rest of the PCOO budget, including the budget of its attached agencies, since its role is crucial in disseminating information especially during this coronavirus pandemic.<\/p>\n

“I cannot imagine not having any budget to help the national government, every Filipino, to disseminate the correct, the right information,” he added.<\/p>\n

Badoy, who was also present during the hearing, was not able to explain her side.<\/p>\n

No lawmaker objected to Castro\u2019s motion, and the budget briefing of the PCOO was suspended \u201cuntil further notice\u201d.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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