MANILA, Philippines — House Minority Leader Joseph Stephen Paduano hit Senator Panfilo Lacson for supposedly “mocking the House of Representatives” and projecting himself as “upright and clean” by disowning the national budget.
Paduano made the remark Thursday in reaction to Lacson’s proposal that the P20 billion needed for the purchase of COVID-19 vaccines be sourced “from the insertions made by lawmakers marked ‘FLR’ (For Later Release) because the implementing agencies concerned were not consulted on the insertions.”
“I hate to say this, but the honorable senator is fond of mocking the House of Representatives,” Paduano said in a statement.
“There are also app…
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