Academics are calling on the Senate to uphold the House of Representatives’ realignment of confidential funds to government agencies involved in national security.
As senators conducted a hearing on the budgets of state colleges and universities and the Commission on Higher Education yesterday, academics who trooped to the Senate also called for sufficient higher education funding that addresses the big budget cuts on SUCs.
Rana also assailed the confidential funds that Vice President and Education Secretary Sara Duterte’s offices held. Meanwhile, ACT chairman Vladimer Quetua reminded lawmakers that World Teachers’ Day would be marked globally on Oct. 5 and called on the legislative chambers to address the long-standing suffering of teachers from low wages and shortages in facilities and materials due to inadequate government funding.
“Of course, LGUs also have a mandate for peace and order in their jurisdictions, so it is possible that they have a reasonable amount of confidential fund for that. But the operative term is reasonable. So there should also be a threshold for such confi funds, if ever, in LGUs,” she said.
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