“They could then give it to the Senate,” said Angara, chairman of the Senate Finance Committee, adding that the timetable would give the upper chamber enough time to debate and scrutinize the measure. Read more:
the National Expenditures Program a month after the State of the Nation Address, Speaker Martin Romualdez told Senate leaders Tuesday.
This developed as Finance Secretary Benjamin Diokno said the country can fund President Ferdinand Marcos Jr.’s plan to continue ongoing infrastructure projects and even expand the program, which he outlined in his first SONA on Monday. As in previous Congresses, he said senators will still conduct early hearings to expedite the scrutiny of the proposed budget.
Meanwhile, Diokno said the move to “right-size” the national government will also create efficiency gains by “doing more with less.” He also committed to finishing the 12-kilometer LRT-1 Cavite Extension, and the 23-kilometer MRT-7, and the Common Station that will connect LRT-1, MRT-3 and MRT-7, as well as the Mindanao Railway Project, the Panay Railway Project, and the Cebu railway system.
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