House Deputy Minority Leader France Castro wants an end to the tradition of extending parliamentary courtesy to the Office of the President, Office of the Vice President, and also agencies headed by the country’s top officials, during budget deliberations.
MANILA, Philippines – House Deputy Minority Leader France Castro wants an end to the tradition of extending parliamentary courtesy to the Office of the President , Office of the Vice President , and also agencies headed by the country’s top officials, during budget deliberations.on Friday, September 16, the ACT Teachers representative said that this tradition hinders them and other lawmakers from fully scrutinizing the proposed budgets of the concerned agencies.itong tradisyon na ito.
All three minority members who asked questions, including Castro, are Makabayan bloc members. The others were Kabataan Representative Raoul Manuel and Gabriela Representative Arlene Brosas.The House committee on appropriations on Wednesday, September 14, terminated its deliberations of the proposed 2023 DepEd budget In just two hours.Unlike in previous budget deliberations of DepEd, which usually took eight to 10 hours, only seven lawmakers interpellated the agency.
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