BUDGET Secretary Benjamin Diokno on Wednesday labeled Speaker Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo (GMA) as a "master of the reenacted budget," after the House of Representatives, under her leadership, turned down the proposed cash-based 2019 national budget.

At a breakfast forum, Diokno said that Arroyo, under her presidency, operated with reenacted budget several times, but noted that he would allow this to happen for next year's appropriation.

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