MANILA, Philippines — The Senate’s tiff with Malacañang and the onset of the election season will not distract senators from closely examining the proposed 2022 budget, Senate President Vicente Sotto III said on Friday. We will scrutinize it as we deem fit,” the Senate leader told the Inquirer. “We will see you in the budget hearings,” the senator said, addressing the absent officials who invoked the Malacañang memo. ADVERTISEMENTThe six members of the House’s Makabayan bloc voted against the proposed budget because it did not respond to the needs of the public in the health and education sector. The opposition also questioned why the House again inserted amendments when the entire House had already voted on the measure.

Source: Philippine Daily Inquirer October 08, 2021 21:33 UTC