gnl
id get
services," Rornualdez mualdez that hrrge sFend rnd other DSWD 1De-
stressed.
al budllet. Thrs is a pro-
poor CAA (general ap_p.o-
priations act) that wiJI car
ry dre Pr6sident's social re-
form programs," said Ro-
mualdet
Romualdez said the
budget priorities include
social seiyices, peace and
security and infr:structu re
to support President Du-
terte's Build, Build, Build
Droqtam.
' The huge a llocation for
social services carries the
lative branch's orornise foi
a legally mandaed Dork-
free GM onlv possibld with
the proper o'vbrsight e'.er-
cised by Presrdenmodnco
Dutert;."
"Cbmbined with its
swift passage, jtcould now.
therelore, 6e a means Lo
provide for the urgen t need
ofthe public wbjah was nor
addressed last vear due to
the non-passage of 2019's
GAA on time.lt shows thp
Senate and the House now
act with increased cooDer-
ation in tulfilline rheir?u-
ties as there is fittle to no
friction between the two
bodiesin passine abillwhich
is uaditionallyThe cause of
proced ural q riagmires. The
President's programs to
create more jobs, generate
rnvestments, better a..ess
to health care, free educa-
tion, and other basic social
ing will help attarn bigger partment of Social Wel-
"With democracy at econo [c growth,
work in the House uirder
the leadershio of Soeaker
AIan Peter Cayetano, we
managed to craft a nation-
al budget that is trulv a view, two'key goals of
collaboiative Droducf of
hard-workinc ^leciqla rorq
No pork, no"parElg, and
no delay. With the sisnins
into lawof tlrcnationaYbu#
get we are confident that agency to spend the funds
we will meet the country's
economic tareet of 6.5 Dar-
cent to 7.5 pe'icent groi+'th
f.igf'light oitlri" todset o already approved on third
the fr.utherarce of the 6uild,
Bujld, Build pros.am oi
the President witFout rho
widespread corruption
or critics.'.'said
!T,l:o
Romualdez lauded the
President who has been
s working very hard to en
sure the countrv's econom-
ic takeolf thro-ugh sound
economlc polrcv and tax
reform melsurds.
"The House leadershin
will continue to oursue rh'r,
passage of legislative mea-
sures designed to sustain
and accelerlte the econom-
ic groilth momenfum for
the benefit even of ordi-
nary Filipinos. The House
o
for 2019 up io 2020," Ro- Romero, president of the
mualdeT al.l.led 54-strong'Party-list Coali-
Deputy Speaker and 1 tion Foundit'on Tn.
I'acman oartv list ReD. Mi (PCFD.
kee Romiro afoeed r.r,{*r Ro "For erample, the 4Ps
lare and Development)
"HiftinA rhe GDP (sross programs, as well as all
domestic product) growth those budgeted addition-
and poverty reduction tar- al Dlantilla Dositions npw
gets this yi:ar are, in mv school bulldines, new
th'e roads. should b"e snent
2020nationalbudset. DBM according to the budeets
(Deparknent oI Bu?get and without -delay for miri-
Marugement) has froven m-um econoilic srowth
it can rqlease the funils fast, and poverty reduction
bu-titis &rd capacity ofeach impact, ' said Romero.
ACT{IS Dartv-list ReD.
tihelv
and' as aulhorizF.l
that inust be the focus of
Iocelvn Tuffdsaid "*re seir-
ahe-tiirnmed 2020 budset
each head of agencr" daid is a hrlfillment of *re lqfrs
and linal readrne the mea-
sure amending fieForeim
lnveslment Act of 199-t
thePassive Income and Fil
nancial Intermediarv Tax-
ation Act (PIFITAI, and
the_Corporate Incume Ta\
and lncentive Rationaliza-
tion Aci (CITIRA) to pro
mote tl]e couttrv as a via
ble investmenf destina,
tion, " Romualdez pointed
''These bills are imDor-
tant parcels of the Com;re-
hensive Tax Reform l5ro
gram (CTRP) that is re-
quir€d to help rcach the A
Cr€dit Rafina eoal of the
Duterte adriin"istration,,
Romualdez added-
pq3c ii-