Congress authorized the extension of the 2018 appropriations. These are lump sum funds under the disposal of Secretary Diokno,” he added. Neither had Diokno submitted the report on the 2017 budget savings, Andaya said. “Secretary Diokno may have evaded scrutiny of DBM [Department of Budget and Management] pork in the 2018 budget deliberations. No DBM report on 2018 savings, no bicam report for 2019 budget,” Andaya added.

Source: Philippine Daily Inquirer February 03, 2019 09:56 UTC