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Sa 2022 at sa mga susunod na taon, kailangan nang dumaan sa masusing pagpaplano at konsultasyon sa lokal na otoridad at ahensya ang mga development projects ng mga mambabatas.

Ayon kay Senador Ping Lacson, hindi na kaya pa ng bansa na magsayang muli ng bilyun-bilyong pondo na unutilized funds dahil sa korapsyon na may kinalaman sa “pork.”

“Kailangan dumaan sa masusing pagpaplano. Maski mag-‘insert’ ka basta may consultation,” ani Lacson, na nakilala sa kanyang paghaharang sa bilyun-bilyong kwestyonableng proyekto sa taunang pagbubusisi sa national budget.

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For 2022 and beyond, development projects being advocated by lawmakers should undergo at least proper planning and consultation with the proper local authorities as well as implementing agencies.

Sen. Panfilo “Ping” M. Lacson aired this hope as he said the country cannot afford to continue wasting hundreds of billions of pesos in unutilized funds in the budget due to “pork”-related corruption.

“Kailangan dumaan sa masusing pagpaplano. Maski mag-‘insert’ ka basta may consultation (Projects should go through thorough planning and consultation. Even if a project is ‘inserted’ into the National Expenditure Program, there is nothing wrong so long as it underwent the proper consultations),” said Lacson, who has flagged billions of pesos in questionable projects in his yearly scrutiny of the national budget.

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Sa tulong ni Senador Ping Lacson, kasama ang civil society groups sa pagsuri ng P5.024-trilyong badyet para sa 2022 – at pagtiyak na makakatugon ito sa tunay na pangangailangan ng mamamayan.

Sumulat ang Social Watch Philippines at Alternative Budget Initiative kay Lacson noong Nov. 10, bilang pasasalamat sa kanilang naging partisipasyon sa mga pagdinig ng Senate Finance Committee hinggil sa badyet.

Related: Lacson Paves Way for a More Participative Budget Process
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With a boost from Sen. Panfilo “Ping” M. Lacson, civil society groups managed to help scrutinize and make the P5.024-trillion proposed budget for 2022 more responsive to people’s needs.

Social Watch Philippines and the Alternative Budget Initiative wrote Lacson on Nov. 10, thanking him for endorsing their participation in the Senate Finance Committee hearings on the budget.

Related: Ping, Nagbigay Daan sa Mas Inklusibong Paghubog ng Badyet
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