In an interview on DZBB, Sen. Lacson answered questions on ‘pork’ in the 2019 budget.
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At a Glance: Pork in the Proposed 2019 National Budget
In his interpellation of the 2019 budget at the Senate, Sen. Lacson pointed out instances of “pork” in the 2019 budget. “There is pork, there is pork, there is pork!”
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Interpellation of the 2019 national budget: “There is pork, there is pork, there is pork!”
In his interpellation of the 2019 budget’s general principles, Sen. Lacson raised the issue of pork in the P3.7-trillion budget for 2019:
* Tulong Dunong
* P60 million per House member
* P1.54 billion for one House member; P1.69 billion for another
Related: At a Glance: Pork in the Proposed 2019 Budget
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#PingSays: On pork in the 2019 budget | Dec. 3, 2018
In an interview, Sen. Lacson answered questions on:
– pork in the House version of the 2019 budget
– calls for legalization of marijuana
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On the Tight Deliberation Schedule for the 2019 Budget
This is a very quick manifestation regarding the forthcoming budget deliberations. We are in receipt of the tentative plenary schedule and I noticed that as proposed, we have to close the period of interpellation on Friday, Dec. 7, this Friday.
There are 271 items on the agenda, meaning agencies and offices. Even assuming that we work 24 hours a day, Mr. President, 271 divided by 72 (hours), which is the equivalent of three days, we have to tackle 3.76 agencies in one hour.
So translated into minutes – 60 minutes – which is the equivalent of 1 hour, we will have to finish one agency, one office in 15 minutes. This is assuming we won’t have any breakfast break, we don’t have any lunch break, no dinner break, no weewee, no meryenda.
Still it is impossible to accomplish this. So I would like to suggest that we have to rethink our position on the package of the 2019 budget, Mr. President. I think we have to discuss this in caucus before we plunge into this kind of schedule.
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