Majority Leader Rolando Andaya Jr. of the House of Representatives threatened to sue Budget Secretary Benjamin Diokno if the Department of Budget and Management (DBM) failed to implement a salary increase for government workers by next week.

“In case he (Diokno) is too proud to take an advice from a congressman, then we might just see each other in court. I will personally file a case for mandamus in the Supreme Court if the DBM will not implement the salary increase by January 15,” Andaya said on Tuesday.

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