Sen. Risa Hontiveros expressed dismay that with the final outcome of the 2023 budget, “the 19th Congress missed an opportunity to show its independence.” READ:
With the issues he raised, Pimentel and his colleague in the Senate minority, Sen. Risa Hontiveros, voted against the ratification of the bicameral conference committee report on the 2023 GAB.
Hontiveros cited the “full restoration” of the CIF, and the deletion of “safeguards on the proper use of the CIF” for voting against the measure, even as she is a member of the Senate panel to the bicameral conference committee. “Congress abdicated its power of the purse to holders of civilian offices and departments in the executive, setting a precedent for improper budget requests leading up to the elections in 2028,” she said.Pimentel also scored the allotment of the highest budget to the Department of Public Works and Highways in the [GAB], which is higher than the education sector’s budget by as much as P60 billion.
According to Pimentel, the combined funding allocation for the DepEd, state universities and colleges , the Technical Education Skills and Development Authority and the Commission on Higher Education is only P832.2 billion, or P60 billion less than the DPWH budget.
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