The Senate should ensure that the bicameral version of next year’s budget bill aligns with national priorities rather than local interests, political analysts said at the weekend. READ:
“The Senate contingent should rein in the tendency of the House of Representatives to fill the budget with local infrastructure projects that may not be aligned with national or regional priorities,” Terry L. Ridon, a public investment analyst and convenor of think tank InfraWatch PH, said in a Facebook Messenger chat.
“These are soft projects lodged in the budgets of agencies such as Social Welfare, Health and Labor,” she said in a Viber message. “In fact, these are the budget items that got funding increases in the House version of the General Appropriations bill.” Congressmen also increased the Public Works department’s budget by P10 billion for its water system projects in remote villages.
Marikina Rep. Stella Luz A. Quimbo, vice-chairperson of the House committee on appropriations, last month said the House had realigned P77 billion worth of the 2023 budget. The bicameral committee would probably continue to follow President Ferdinand R. Marcos, Jr.’s priorities, Ms. Suzara said.
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