ACT-Teachers Party-List Rep. France Castro on Thursday gave the Department of Budget and Management (DBM) a piece of her mind regarding what she described as “measly” allocation for the proposed new Salary Standardization Law (SSL) that would cover the promised salary hike for public school teachers.
The Minority Bloc member did so during the first day of House hearings on the proposed P4.1-trillion National Expenditure Program or the proposed national budget for 2020.
According to the lady solon, former DBM secretary Ben Diokno said in January that they would create a study regarding the level of the proposed salary increase for government employees, including public school teachers. “So nag-eexpect tayo na mayroon nang salary schedule…Pero ang sinasabi kanina ng DBM, iyon po bang salary schedule na binabanggit ninyo, the [House] will determine or the Congress will determine on how to distribute yung sinasabi niyong P31 billion“Sabi ng DBM last year, kayo gagawa ng survey, kayo gagawa ng matrix, ng schedule, etc. Pero bakit ngayon yung P31 billion na napakaliit ay pinapasa niyo sa [House] para gumawa ng schedule ?” Castro further asked Avisado.
Regarding Castro’s issues with the salary hike allocation, Avisado underscored that it’s the lawmakers who ultimately decide on the key points of the SSL, not the DBM.
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