MANILA, Philippines — A spokesperson for Vice President Leni Robredo warned yesterday against the negative implications of operating on a reenacted budget in 2019. Lawyer Barry Gutierrez noted that this would be the first time in more than a decade that the government would have reenacted appropriations, which he said is vulnerable to corruption. Senate President Vicente Sotto III, along with other lawmakers, earlier said the country would likely have a reenacted budget in January while the P3.7-trillion proposed budget for 2019 is not yet approved. “It’s hard to have a reenacted budget. If we remember during the time of former president Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo, the budget was reenacted nine times and operating under a previous year’s budget has always been seen as prone to corruption,” Gutierrez told radio station dzXL.

Source: Philippine Star December 16, 2018 16:00 UTC