THE proposal of the Senate to retain the lump sum appropriations will only restore insertions by the Department of Budget and Management (DBM), as well as those made by former leaders of the House of Representatives, a lawmaker warned on Thursday.
Rep. Rolando Andaya, chairman of the House appropriations committee, made the statement after Congress failed to reach a consensus on the P3.757-trillion national budget during a meeting with President Rodrigo Duterte in Malacanang on Tuesday.
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