ICYMI: Senate Minority Leader Koko Pimentel called on his colleagues to delete the proposed P500 million in confidential funds for the OVP, as the agency, as defined by Congress, is not entitled to receive such funding.
The Senate finance committee approved the referral of its committee report on the budget of the OVP supposedly without any change from the previously proposed P2.3 billion.Pimentel noted that in the budget briefing, Duterte did not try to justify the proposed P500 million confidential fund for her office, contrasted to how the Office of the President stood firm on their justification of the P4.5-billion confidential and intelligence funds.
“So that will explain the budget will almost triple from current amounts because of these programs that the OVP seeks to undertake,” he said.Sen. Risa Hontiveros, for her part, disclosed that the Senate finance panel has added nearly P1 billion to the 2023 budget of the Department of Education , as she insisted that the Education Secretary and Vice President’s request for P150 million in confidential funds was not justified.
While she was supportive of the DepEd’s efforts to provide quality basic education, the senator said education officials should be more prudent in utilizing taxpayer money allocated for Filipino learners.
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