THE House of Representatives will move for an obligations-based P3.7-trillion budget in 2019 from the cash-based appropriation, which the Department of Budget and Management (DBM) had recommended, “to reflect the realities of governance,” a House leader said on Friday.

“We will revert to an obligations-based budget. This is not just what Congress wants. Members of the Cabinet who have faced us here in Congress thus far are also apprehensive of the cash-based budget. The requirements of a cash-based budget do not reflect the realities of governance,” Rep. Karlo Nograles of Davao City and chairman of the appropriations committee said in a statement.