The House refrains from slashing further the already reduced budget for Vice President Sara Duterte's office, while approving billions of pesos in unprogrammed funds and secret funds that leftist lawmakers flagged
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The chamber approved House Bill No. 10800 on second and final reading on Wednesday, September 25, infusing the government with P6.352 trillion in funding for the following year, while guaranteeing a reduced budget for the Office of the Vice President . “It is still important that the Office of the Vice President have sufficient budget to continue its service to the people,” Speaker Martin Romualdez said. “The OVP’s budget of P733 million is almost similar to the budget received by Leni Robredo when she was vice president.”
A total of 285 lawmakers voted in favor of the passage of HB 10800, while three others — all from the Makabayan bloc — voted against it. No one abstained.
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