Members of the Senate will discuss among themselves what government agencies will be left without a confidential fund, Senate Finance Committee Chairman, Senator Sonny Angara said Tuesday.
“May opinion dito ang bawat senador. Yung iba gustong tanggalin, yung iba gustong bawasan. Yung iba gusto andiyan lang. So, we have to reach a consensus. Ganyan naman ang style namin dito sa Senado. We’ll discuss it, usually in caucus. And then we reach a consensus, para sa floor, medyo smooth-sailing na yung decision,” Angara said in a news briefing.
Villanueva added, “As mentioned earlier, we will scrutinize everything to ensure proud tayong lahat sa national budget na ating ipapasa bago magtapos ang taon.” “Tama yun. That’s the rule of budgeting. You show that you use the funds properly sa tamang panahon, sa tamang paraan at saka sa tamang layunin. At yun ang pamantayan ng Kongreso sa pag-allot ng budget,” Angara said.
“If the OP is truly busy then its manpower/personnel shouldn’t have time anymore for surveillance work and intel gathering. Leave that to the specialists in the field of intelligence. Unless these people in the OP have too much time on their hands,” Pimentel added. “The Senate, for 2023, has NO ALLOCATION for confidential funds. The records will show that under the Senate’s Maintenance and Other Operating Expenses this year, the object of expenditure “Confidential, Intelligence and Extraordinary Expenses” has three line items and these are Confidential Funds, Intelligence Funds and Extraordinary and Miscellaneous Expenses,” he said.
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