Albay Representative Joey Salceda on Tuesday (October 8) defended the Lower House against what Senator Panfilo Lacson has referred to as a “sloppy job” on the 2020 national budget.
Lacson particularly mentioned the 15 million-peso road project which he referred to as a mere “cut and paste” work.
The House Committee on Ways and Means chairperson, instead, said what they did in the lower chamber can be considered as a job well done because they were able to pass the proposed 2020 national budget within just 30 days.
He added that whatever glitches had occurred may have been caused by the opposition group.
“I don’t think so. I think we did a great job. The House did a great job under Chairman Ungab. It’s probably the opposition that did a sloppy work,” Salceda said.
ACT Teachers Representative France Castro, however, refuted Salceda’s statement.
Castro said they just exposed what they think as a big cut on the budget allotted for education, health, and other public services.
She added that what should be considered sloppy work is the process adopted by the House leadership.
Castro added that the House majority should be held responsible for the approval of the 2020 budget which did not undergo thorough review and consideration.
Meanwhile, Senate President Vicente Sotto III said they will remove the alleged 15-million-peso road improvement fund from the 2020 proposed budget which Lacson discovered.
Sotto said he agrees with Lacson that it is not clear as to which project the said fund will be particularly allocated.
“Hindi sinabi kung anong road kaya sabi nya sloppy. Siempre, ano’ng road yun? Road to perdition o anong road,” he quipped. (from the report of Vincent Arboleda) /mbmf
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