THE PHILIPPINE STAR

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i THURSDAY I MARCH 14,2019

Rod y fails
I impaiie
. inO
By ALEXIS nOl lve-await Congress to complv
with its c.onstitutional mandatl' tunds totaled at least P96 bil- posa I for senators toKeepurcLr
to pass.the same," the spokes- lto|, ,,lurnp-sum,,
Not even a meelinp *;16
man sald
. pork barref fu nds
l ne two senators sald such as against lawmakers'
President Duterte detailed
*" i*p"i." "outa'lr""i. He added_the President has post-approval -realiSnments distiict allocations.
" uJlorrcu
ou", tlii, y"utj" "";;;;ftt
ri|ri"j i'iaili opted to let the legislative pro- are illegal and
uuu6c( ced uncbnstitu- "rhis proposat of senator
p.og1a|j.''* ure.take its co"urse insiead ho|{- Lacson ii'6 njlrit*af *itfr
'. "ihere js abudgetimpasse of meddling in the dispute ,, lhey also said severaI President
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due Lo some ...,n(rir,,ri^--r among lawriakert ouer ii.rse.- House,mem.bers have com- Prcsrdent, he does not want to
q;;dil;;;;;ffiil:]i#i tionsindrealignments. plained to ihem about Lheir t"inuot"eJi.itt.gqti"gt-i
tiurr. Onf V-ilig'r;".il-.": , "As soon a"s the enroiled p.t district allocations beinp "hi-
sorve and break rhjs impasse.,, ,li t'i .tr* ir"aiii;r';i;;;il J; *J gr* ;";i;;?*l; ;*iljig:#:Hntv
Leader
pr*ria"ntiui.pot"rrn;I;;il; ted.to the President, the lalter cc
dorpanerosaidinastaremeit
H','l;:ji"#H#f13T,ff 'ffiT"Jn,,oned A'rora r".?:T,:fifi3:'ffiHi,ffi
yesterday.
- El?. ly."' """,,. rr ano.rt he Cerilles of Zamboanga
del Sur pork barrel fuhd, _ hufr"n_
At.th;startof thern"oring fottt'nconJormitvwiththe '.4 1{uulp-u"frrr.'.tt1"^ll-;;;;U;"il1;r'"ifjlif,ii"p
r""taiv rishi"ilt;'-p[';il;1 :^:i]t"t*:19lfl ^d^:mands, he ilar as among those who have 6um ailocations in the bicarn-
rerterated that he would "'1ar5ii"'r:"ruiiilie openly complained.
hooef.,t Ce;illes is a partymate of eral rep.ort-t"tainea;
""t *,ut ii*-rn"l"i.'-i,?fij"5J"il
sign a budget bill not bearing
rarified by both
'*heie
.- houses'be
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senate.and House teaders i;;;i;i;;ffi:il%:,:i,]iq Daza
"pu{y belongs to the Liberal
' ihe congress-an said'l*^ii"
Lac-
g"u" .o'fli;ilnj"u:;r#? ::f*I"lor a reenacted bud8"t trrl. son wanted ro ,,jusr alow the
wnat took place durinq the ,,We ass're the nation that House members President to itemize the proi-
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meeting at Malacaflang. tt'u uatnnittrador,,;;;;:;j whose districts lost funds for ects which may Ue couere'JU'y

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Nacionalista
of making last-minute amend- enacted budqet. ftre a"]i".., lab\P.Tv,and B_ested to members of boih
ments to the P3.757-trillion of public serfiees to o,r"..r'i rdrjl (1)'i. chambers to "just finish the
budget right after il.s approval trvmen will U" I he 62 House members are budget in a manner they are
by tlre bicameral confirence F#b ;j. -.i"Li""a_, rePortedly not in_ the good comlortable" with.
committee. Senate president Vicente Eraces ol the chamber's lead- Castro said senators and
.hasThe Office uf the President S"r.lU *t;
iiiS I ne appropnlhons commit- congressmen "signified that
yet to receive
the enrolled "Jli*."iJ'uUo"t
bi ion worth of oroiects in the they will fotlow hii suggestion
cPending bill passed by the tee member sard rtlsnotsur- sothatin afew days'bime, the
6i11uop16ved bv'thJbicameral
bicamera"l panei last Feb.'8. ;:;;id; il;r;;;;:ili:;1 prising_that senators belonging budgetis finalized."
"we cail on the senators #"#:1i;:: ;J.-"#J;*" to-Nlc, LR PDP-Laban "and l-"Sagip parryJist Rep. Ro-
a.nd representdtives to break - H".;;;;;;;;;;;;;.';"-- NP. would Protect their dis- dante M#cotetl conob6rated
the staiemate and deliver to Jrirfii".ft;il;;d;- ,h5i rePresentati and thejr Castro's narrarive.
the Filipino pe_ople an rpp-- ^itt""
;;;;l;fr:"i'##i1h:"#;;. 'res
bailiwicks "by asking for the "rhe President rhumbed
priations law lhat can aid this ;a;ins the chamber realisnej rerum,ol the tulds taken away down Senator Lacson's sug-
government beU.er their iives ,o''os"p75 billion after thE uo_ ttoflll"T. gestion as he said he does
and help our countrv move -roval of the budset bv the tii_ ., l.rus ls anlssue blSger than not want to participate in any
forward'," he added. ' the itemization of pio-iecLs to tundingattolatio'.,M-ioi"ii,
!o[";*il;#il?.*o;H[;:- support
Panelo said the O{fice of the ':":*'"'^''**'-"'"'*' the Pl6-billiori lump- told nei,rrsmen at anews brief-
President submitted the pro- Ket[ln Of feStOle sum realignment for health ing. "senator Lacson wants
posed
-or budget onJuly 23,i018, A congressman who de- facilities," lre said. luirp sum appropriations in
30 daysEefore'th6 deadline clined to"be named said the Andaya admitted such the 20ts bud;ret."'
jmoosed bv law. Executive budeet deadlock appeared itemization took place but Rep. Anrh5ny Bravo ofpar-
officials att6nded hearines to ro de"epen further as i6nators argued senators also did their tyJisL Coop_Natcco, for'his
make sure the legislative"pro- *e.e ho* demanding the lwn post-apProval itemiza- Part, calleddn the Senate lead-
cess would be finhampdred returnof the realigned f"unds. hon ershiPto be "fully transparcnt"
-rr-"'-* on
and the budset uoo.ou,"d The source saif, he did not
- k.;;th";;;;i Both chambers claimed vic_ in thi vray they' are hindling
;;,'h;;Ji;. i;;ir;;; tory,afrerthepalacemeeting.. their.m.uriibltion_peso po.f
-
"ihe execulive has per- but Senate President Sotto, lhe House contingent led barrel allocations.
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Lmbed down Lg.:o"'l.plg_
*ar p4a'e 7cs
 "The y ( s en- tols uId
also show transparencv and
';h-o
honesty from thEir end,,, the
mernber of the House contin-
gent in the bicameral corifer-
ence commitGe sfid ,,Mavbe
what Senate President iito
Sotto was getting was misin_
formation." - With Iess Diaz-
Delon porcala
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