When to let go of 'cherished' traditions

UNLIKE in past years, the House Appropriations Committee did not extend the courtesy to the Office of the Vice President by subjecting Vice President Sara Duterte to a grilling on how her office spent its budget in the past and how it intends to use its proposed P2.03 billion outlay for 2025.

But when the P10.51 billion budget for the Office of the President was presented, the panel quickly terminated the briefing in a display of parliamentary courtesy to a co-equal branch of government.