MANILA, Philippines — In just a month, over P10.6 billion has already been released to the country’s anti-insurgency task force, Senate Minority Leader Franklin Drilon said as he questioned the government’s spending priorities amid the pandemic.
“Bakit po parang nagmadaling ilabas ang budget? Bakit yung pondo sa Marawi rehabilitation mabagal ang paglabas ng pondo? Saan po gagamitin itong P10.68 bilyon?” Drilon said in a statement Tuesday.
(Why is that you seemed in a hurry to release the budget? Why is the release of the fund for the rehabilitation of Marawi is taking so long? Where do you intend to use the P10.68 billion?)
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