Drilon alarmed over increasing number of pensioners in the military 0 SHARES Share it! This problem has a huge impact on the national budget, according to Drilon, a former Senate President and Justice Secretary. In next year’s appropriation, the pension requirement of military and veteran will reach P69.7 billion, which represents 60.57 percent of the P115.077 billion total budget for active military personnel. On the average, Lorenzana said the pension budget grows by P1 billion year. In some years’ time, Drilon believed the pension requirement would be more than the funding requirement for active uniformed personnel.

Source: Manila Bulletin September 30, 2019 06:33 UTC