TWO lawmakers over the weekend opposed the decision of the House Committee on Appropriations to slash the budget of the Office of the Vice President by P1.2 billion, saying they should have followed 'tradition' by showing the office 'courtesy' in the budgeting process.
TWO lawmakers over the weekend opposed the decision of the House Committee on Appropriations to slash the budget of the Office of the Vice President by P1.2 billion, saying they should have followed 'tradition' by showing the office 'courtesy' in the budgeting process.The panel's senior vice chairman, Rep. Stella Luz Quimbo, announced on Thursday that the OVP would receive a budget of P733 million from its original proposal of P2.037 billion for 2025. The P1.
The budget cut of the OVP by 60 percent was due to the ongoing scrutiny of the House of Representatives over the agency's budget following concerns about unexplained expenditures.Castro said the Makabayan bloc she belongs to has highlighted its consistent vigilance in examining government budgets.'The Makabayan bloc has consistently scrutinized the budgets of every government agency for years and not just the Office of the Vice President.
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