SC can still perform with Third World budget — Palace By Aytch S. de la Cruz 09/08/2010

SC can still perform with Third World budget — Palace
By Aytch S. de la Cruz
09/08/2010

Even as President Aquino’s gargantuan pork barrel has been increased in the 2011 national budget, hitting close to P 2 billion, he is unwilling to increase the budget allocation of the Supreme Court for the entire judiciary, the Palace spokesman yesterday stressed.

The Palace spokesman dismissed the plaints of the high court for a bigger budget, saying that the judiciary can still perform even under a Third World budget.

The reason for this rejection of the high court’s plea for an increase in the budget for the judiciary branch of government is the alleged scarcity of resources.

This was Malacañang’s lone defense yesterday when pressed over the concerns raised by the SC on account of Aquino’s decision to cut the high court’s budget allocation for next year..... MORE

Source:  The Daily Tribune

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