Manila Standard, Apr. 3, 2019, Budget Cuts Spark Andaya-sotto Word War.pdf

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THE head olthe House of Representa- the proJects wh; they had realigned him "delusionaf'for accusing the Sen o1 funds in the 2019 General Appropria- ate of"sabotaging" the programs ofthe tives' afpropriation, Next page "omrnitt"" Tuesclay'ihailenged Senate Pr€sident tions Bill.

ate slashed the budget not only of the Btild,Bnild, Build projects but also of

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the pension for uniformed personnel and the retiremenl benefits of govern-

ment employees. Now is also the time the names of all senators who made budget cuts and show the items where these were realigned."

of what -Duterte administration in light

Andaya hacf described as "drastid' for him to reveal

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iPresident has resorted to name-calling and language engineering in a bid 10 divert pub-

lic attention from the drastic budget cuts imoosed bv the Senak on the President\ infi*nu.tur" projeca and social programs." Andaya said in a staremenr

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consult'the dictionary in search of mole pompous words. All he has to do is explain to the public why the Sen-

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Andaya earlier slammed the S€nate's 'lmilateral" decision io crli abort P837 billion for priority pqjects. including those undo the :'eum, nui4 ndd" inaastructure ptan

Instead of resorting to name-calling, Andaya said. the Senate must exercise lransparency by identifying the senators who would wish to hamPer the Duterte administration's infrastructure and other socio-economic projects.

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