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The House appropriations committee chair vows action in the Supreme Court if Bu{get Secretary
Beniamin Diokno and Gabinet SecretaryKarlo Nograles succeed intheir'evil slherile.' -
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FR0l'l ll the 2019 GAA (General Appropri-
ations Act) via a veto message,"
Andaya said in a statement
days of receipt or else
into law, can veto the entire
,neasure orportions of it.
started. The public never for-
gets that you were part of the
"This is clear mockery of the Lacson, supported by Ar- previous House leadership as
By DJ Yap power of Congress to scrutinize daya, had urged the President to chair of th€ appropriations
@deejayapINQ the budget," said the former veto items that 'llook and smell committee," Andaya said.
House majorityleader. like pork"-funding for law- "Both the Senate and the
Camarines Sur Rep. Rolando The Inquirer tried to reach makers' projects intended to House have realigned the P75-
Andaya Jr. on Sunday accused Diokno and Nograles for com- benefit them politically as well billion DBM insertion," he said.
two Cabinet officials of orches- ment on Sunday, but they didn't as finarcially through kickbacks.
lrating the restoration of P75 return calls. In his statement, Andaya said Clearly pork
billion in pork allegedly insert- Lacson's observation that the "We knew that the funding
ed by budget officials into the Going to Supreme Court MONEY BUSINESS Sen. Loren Legard4the Senatefinance P7s-billion insertion in the NEP source for the insertion was
proposed zorg appropriitions Andaya vowed to join Sena- committee chait and Camarines Sur Rep. Rolando Andaya Jr., House was 'h consptacy between the clearly pork. The infrastructure
law but was realigned by law- tors Panfilo Lacson and appropriations committee chief, show copies ofthe conference DBM (Department of Budget and projects inserted by the DBM at
makers to their ownprojects. Franklin Drilon in questioning committee report on the P3.8-trillion spending bill. -ronraonooc Management) and the previous 4 a.m- of l]U.ly 22, 2018, were not
Andaya, chair of the House the veto message in the House leadership" was coEect. vetted by the DPWH," Andaya
rf Representatives appropria- Supreme Court should it reflect ' "I find it interesting how the said.
lions committee, said Budget the restoration ofthe p75 billion Earlier, Andaya accused Dio- the 17th Congress, after a con- DBM can maneuver to restore The House leader, however,
iecretary Benjamin Diokno and earlier earmarked for projects kno of inserting the P75 billion tentious conference that lasted its P75-billion insertion in the was quick to deflect spray from
labinet Secretary Karlo No- under the Department of Public into the DPWH funding under' several days. final print of the 2019 general Mr. Duterte.
qrales were maneuvering for the Works and Highways (DPWH). the National Expenditure Pro- The two chambers agreed to appropriations bill," he said. "The President is not part of
:estoration through the Presi- "In case the two Cabinet gram (NEP) to finance projects divert the P75 bitlion in public He issued an unsolicited ad- the conspiracy between the
lent's expectedveto message on members succeed in this evil that would benefit the budget works funds to other proiects to vice to his predecessor No- DBM and the previous House
he P3.8-trillion national budget. scheme of vetoing the (general chief's in{aws. be identified by the legislators grales, who chaired the House leadership," he said.
"Now that Congress has ful- appropdations bill) to restore the Diokno has denied the alle- themselves. appropriations panel under the "It witl be a great disservice
:iUed its iob in correcting the P75-billion insertion, I will join gations. leadership of former Speaker and disloyatty for few Cabinet
l7S-billion gaffe, Secretaries Dio- Senators Lacson and Drilon in The House and the Senate Presidential veto PantaleonAlvarez. members to drag the President
(no and Nograles are back [on] questioning the veto message [in] ratified the 2019 spending bill The President, who must "Be careful with the crafting into this mess," Andaya said.
.he drawing board to restore it in the Suprlme Court," Andaya said. onFriday, the last session dayof sign the spending bilt within 30 of the veto message fqr it v{ill INQ

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