Return full P4.6-B hiring budget to other agencies, urges solon By Charlie V. Manalo 10/06/2011

Return full P4.6-B hiring budget to other agencies, urges solon

By Charlie V. Manalo 10/06/2011

While commending the move of the House leadership to return control of the Supreme Court’s (SC) budget under the miscellaneous personnel benefits funds (MPBF) of the General Appropriations Act for 2012, a member of the majority bloc in the House of Representatives yesterday called on his colleagues to also include the hiring budget of other agencies set to be “impounded” by the Executive.

In a statement, Navotas Rep. Rep. Toby Tiangco said while it is laudable for the House leadership to recognize the fiscal autonomy of the high court by moving to restore its P2-billion hiring budget, he said the hiring budgets of four other Constitutional Commissions, which also enjoy fiscal autonomies, should also be considered.

“I applaud the decision recognizing the Supreme Court’s fiscal independence, but inasmuch as four other agencies, namely, the Office of the Ombudsman, Civil Service Commission, Commission on Elections and the Commission on Audit also equally enjoy fiscal autonomy, their funds must likewise be returned to their respective controls,” Tiangco said..... MORE

Source:  The Daily Tribune

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