“It would seem that senators would rather let the country suffer than to explain their ‘institutional amendments,’” he said, using Sen. Panfilo Lacson’s term for the personal insertions amounting to P50 billion that the senator had introduced. He was referring to the P23 billion total individual amendments made by fellow senators in the Senate’s version of the budget bill. Regarding the P190 billion, Lacson said he released the list of his own “institutional amendments” last week. In a Twitter post on Saturday, Lacson specifically asked Coop Natcco Rep. Anthony Bravo to disclose his own budget amendments. Sen. JV Ejercito said some local officials sought funds from senators for certain projects.

Source: Philippine Daily Inquirer February 02, 2019 21:33 UTC