MANILA, Philippines — Senate President Vicente “Tito” Sotto III blamed the Presidential Legislative Liaison Office (PLLO) on Monday for legislation vetoed by President Rodrigo Duterte. The President recently vetoed the coco levy fund bill and another measure that would further strengthen the Philippine Coconut Authority (PCA) board. ADVERTISEMENTREAD: Duterte vetoes coco levy fund billDuterte also vetoed a provision in the recently signed Republic Act (RA) No. “Like all the other bills vetoed, we could have addressed the provisions that that Exec department does not want to execute. READ: Zubiri blames PLLO for delay in coco levy billThis prompted Congress to recall the measure and amended its original version.

Source: Philippine Daily Inquirer February 18, 2019 07:41 UTC