MANILA, Philippines — Senator Panfilo Lacson has rejected the bicameral conference committee report on the proposed 2021 national budget.
In registering his dissent, Lacson questioned the increase in the budget of the Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) and the decrease of funds for the National Broadband Program (NBP).
The Senate ratified Wednesday night the government’s P4.5 trillion spending plan for next year.
Prior to the upper chamber’s ratification of the national budget legislation, Lacson explained that he is “manifesting my dissenting vote on the bicameral conference committee report for the reasons that I have given during my interpellation. At …
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