AS the House of Representatives is expected to approve the proposed P4.1-trillion national budget for 2020 on Friday, Albay Rep. Joey Salceda assured the public that there were would be no "pork barrel" insertions.
Salceda, chairman of the House committee on ways and means, made the assurance on Wednesday following reports that some P35.2 billion in "pork barrel" funds of senators and congressmen would be embedded in the proposed budget for next year.
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