House ally offers Aquino supplemental ’10 budget
By Gerry Baldo 07/26/2010 The House is willing to grant a supplemental budget to President Aquino this year if he will require it to keep the government afloat amid reports that the Arroyo administration had siphoned off most of this year’s budget prior to former President Arroyo’s stepping down last June 30, an ally of Aquino in the House of Representatives said yesterday. According to Mandaluyong Rep. Neptali Gonzales II, the House of Representatives can push the passage of a special appropriation to keep the government afloat. “We will provide a special budget if it is necessary to give this new government new cash for the next five months,” Gonzales, who is expected to be elected as House majority leader and chairman of the House committee on rules, said yesterday. Gonzales, however, said that the proposed amount of the special appropriation should come from Malacañang and not from the Lower House. Source: The Daily Tribune URL: http://www.tribuneonline.org/headlines/20100726hed3.html |
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