Solon defends Diokno 59 SHARES Share it! Share TweetBy Ellson QuismorioThe vice chairman of the House Appropriations Committee has come to the defense of embattled Department of Budget and Management (DBM) Secretary Benjamin Diokno. Camarines Sur 2nd district Rep. LRay Villafuerte branded the allegations against Diokno as “absurd.”“Ben Diokno has earned the monicker ‘Mr. Andaya has argued that it was Diokno who facilitated the questionable allocation of P10 billion for Sorsogon under the 2018 national budget. The former three-time Camarines Sur governor also praised Diokno for his innovative cash-based budgeting system for the proposed 2019 national budget.

Source: Manila Bulletin December 17, 2018 04:41 UTC