Co: How can two lawmakers control the national budget?

By Red Mendoza

Sep 10, 2024 8:00 pm

House Appropriations Committee chairman and Ako Bicol partylist Rep. Elizaldy Co belied allegations by Vice President Sara Duterte that he and Speaker Martin Romualdez were the ones controlling the national budget.

Co said the Committee on Appropriations is composed of 139 members, of whom 36 are vice chairmen.

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