'We defer entirely to the discretion and judgment of the committee regarding our budget proposal for the upcoming year,' Vice President Sara Duterte says in her letter to the House
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“We defer entirely to the discretion and judgment of the committee regarding our budget proposal for the upcoming year,” Duterte said in a letter submitted to the House on Tuesday, September 10.during the first round of budget briefing for the Office of the Vice President prompted House members not to elevate yet her funding request to the plenary.
On the same day as Tuesday’s hearing, Duterte distributed a taped interview to the media, accusing Speaker Martin Romualdez and House appropriations chairman Zaldy Co of “controlling” the national budget, resulting in supposed reduction of approved funds for her offices in the past.
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