THURSDAY MARCH 28,2019
Andaya: Budget within legal bounds By Maricel V. Cruz THE chairman of the House of
eucy and accountabilitl' In his letter, Sotto urged Dutcrte to exercise his veto iowers to remoye what he
Representativos' commitiee on appropriations on called "unconstitutional realignments" in Wednesday said th€ P3.?57-trillion national the enrolled copy ofthe budget bill.But Anbudget for this year was constitutional and . daya said the House leadership had worked hard on the budget measure so tlut every transparent. Rolando Andaya made the remark fol- House member would get their equitabte lowing the move by Senate President Vi. share of their congressional entitlements, cent€ Sotto III to sign and submit the 2019 and that every item in the budget bill it apGeneral Appropriations Bill-with reser- proved was properly itemized. e hay have locked horns with the vations-for PresideDt Rodrigo Duterte's seIlatols on the contentious issues, but both signatule. "The enrolled copy ofthe 2019 General sides chose to vr'otk on our commonalities Appropdations Bill has been trarsmitted to rather than lvaste precious time over disaPrcsidont Duterte for his study and signa- greements, That is democracy at work," Andaya said. ture," Andaya said in a statement "We are confident that the product of "Once enacted into law, I assue the taxpaying public that the national budget for this democratic process will help improve 2019 will pass not only the test of constitu- our economic situation and uplift the lives tionality and legality but also of lranspai- ofordinary Filifnos."
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