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the delay in the transmittal of
the budget bill. Sen. Panfilo Lac-
son had claimed that the House
continues to make changes in the
budget measure that was ratified
in February
Andaya said changes could still
be made since the bill has yet to
be signed into law
'Ang barval ho ay makialam
ang sinong myembro ng kon'
greso sa post-enactment stage of
the budget execution. 'Di pa po
applicable ang kasong ito...ang
sinasabi ng kasong ito, hindi raw
po pwedeng makialam o magbig-
aJ, ng detalye ang mga corltess-
man pag napirmahan na ang
budget al batas na ?an. Dapat
malagdaan ng president at doon
na po hindi pwedeng magbigay
AND DELNVER Rep;Rolando
the20l9 budget during the Batasar Complex in Quezon
ng detalye ang mga mambabatas.
(What is not allowed is for any
rnember of Congress to meddle a P15-billion lump sum was ap- ing Lacson held the budget bill Senate President Vicente Sotto
in the post-enactmenl stage of propriated for the Health Facilities hostage because of his "personal '3rd said Bravo's tirade against
the budget execution. This case is Enhancement Program (HFEP), a vendetta" against Arloyo. Lacson was offtangent.
not applicable. . .congressmen are ponion of whichwill be delegated Lacson dlsmissed Bravo's 'Di ruman buongSemdo angmay
not allowed to meddle or itemize to House members whose districts statement. problema dito. Di naman sifuialor
details once the budget has been arein need ofmedical equipment "l have already forgiven all those Iacson (This is not a problem ofthe
signed. Once the President had and hospital rehabilitation. who had wronged me in the past. entirc Senate lt is not Senator Lacson
signed, that's when lawmakers The lawrnaker defended the This is about the national budget. alone). It thatthe senalor is very
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are not allowed to itemize any- House's move, saying the Senate This is about my personal anti- vocal about it and he is ltry much
more. We haven't reached that , also did some fund realignments. pork crusade and advocacy, not against the pork barrel,l he said.
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phase yet)," he added. .
Rep. Anthony Bravo also took Speaker Arroyo or any congress-
AND JAVIER JOE ISMAEL
tast week, Andaya admitted that up the cudgels for the Hodse, say- man or senator," he said.