Some lawmakers are questioning the proposed ₱10.14 billion confidential and intelligence funds in the 2024 national budget, stressing that the money should instead be realigned to social services.
₱10.14 billion confidential and intelligence funds in the 2024 national budget, stressing that the money should instead be realigned to social services.
He added that the government should allot the funds instead to help the victims of Super Typhoon Egay, Typhoon Falcon, and the southwest monsoon or habagat. ACT Teachers Party-list Rep. France Castro also questioned the CIF allotment of agencies"with no business in intelligence gathering or law enforcement.""
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