ADVERTISEMENTOr it could be for the whole year if the President vetoed the budget bill. “The bottom line here is pork, pork, pork. “The moment he sat in the meeting, [the President] directly told us, ‘I want to break the impasse. But I want you to know that I will not sign anything if the Senate President will not sign it. I even told the President that the budget for [his infrastructure projects] was siphoned off to the congressional districts,” Sotto said.

Source: Philippine Daily Inquirer March 13, 2019 21:22 UTC