Senators must submit itemized P190 B insertions – Castro 4 SHARES Share it! A special session for the purpose of approving the 2019 national budget has also been discarded as a possibil­ity in view of the forthcoming election campaign period. Castro said that while Andaya’s team is trying its best to avoid a re-enactment of the budget, it is also standing solidly behind the“spirit of accountability and transparency” in finalizing the national budget bill. P4 B for AFP BrigadeThe P50 billion alleged insertion by Lacson was revealed during a bi­cameral panel deliberation by Senator Loren Legarda, chairperson of the House Committee on Finance. Castro called on Lacson to submit an itemized list of expenditure for the remaining P46 billion which he alleg­edly re-aligned.

Source: Manila Bulletin February 02, 2019 15:56 UTC