Dreaded insertion hope of fund-short agencies
By Gerry Baldo 10/19/2010The many government agencies that suffered slashed budgets for next year are now pinning their hopes on persuading legislators to realign part of the P1.645 trillion national budget to augment their operating funds or through so-called insertions, a term that gained notoriety during the past administration.
One such agency is the Department of Justice (DoJ), the budget for which has been slashed by half to only P7-billion.
Justice Secretary Leila de Lima said the DoJ needed to find a budget to implement Republic Act No. 100171 or the Prosecutors Service Act. She said the funds would be used to hire some 200 prosecutors of the 700 needed to fill the prosecutorial staffing of various branches of the trials courts in the country.
“Somebody recommended the augmentation of P200 million. We will need this to allow us to fill out certain prosecutor positions because right now, there are 700 plus vacant prosecutor positions,” De Lima said in an interview with House reporters.
De Lima lamented that the DoJ’s hands are tied because of the crying need for more prosecutors in regional trial courts.... MORE
Source: The Daily Tribune
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