MANILA, Philippines—President Rodrigo Duterte’s impending order to transfer some executive functions to local government units is expected to be issued this year ahead of an increase in LGUs’ internal revenue allotment (IRA) shares in 2022.
“We are hoping that the EO will be signed by the President within the year to prepare the national government and the LGUs for the implementation of the Supreme Court ruling on the Mandanas-Garcia cases in 2022,” said Assistant Budget Secretary Rolando U. Toledo on Tuesday (Feb. 2).
The draft EO presented by the DBM to agencies last week was aimed at fully devolving some national government functions to LGUs to adjust to th…
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