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FORMER senator Panfilo “Ping” Lacson yesterday said a clarification from the Supreme Court (SC) is needed to determine if Congress is allowed to increase the unprogrammed appropriations in the annual national budget prepared by the executive branch.
SENATE President Juan Miguel Zubiri yesterday clarified there was no term-sharing agreement for the chairmanship of the Senate Committee on Accountability of Public Officers and Investigations, or the blue ribbon committee.
SEN. Francis Tolentino yesterday announced his resignation as chairman of the Senate Committee on Accountability of Public Officers and Investigations, or the Blue Ribbon committee, and member of the bicameral Commission on Appointments (CA) effective December 31, 2023.
SENATE minority leader Aquilino Pimentel III yesterday said excluding the Senate from introducing amendments to the Constitution through the people’s initiative mode is “unconstitutional and impossible.”
THERE is nothing unconstitutional with increasing the Executive’s unprogrammed appropriations in the 2024 General Appropriations Bill (GAB), Senate President Juan Miguel Zubiri yesterday said as he defended the decision of the bicameral conference budget committee to hike the allocation by P455 billion.
THE Commission on Elections (Comelec) will hold a second round of bidding next year for the full automation of the 2025 elections following the failed bidding for the Full Automation Transparency Audit Count (FASTrAC) last week.
SENATORS yesterday gave varied reactions to a fresh bid by the leadership of the House of Representatives to revive Charter change (Cha-cha) initiatives.
SENATE minority leader Aquilino Pimentel III yesterday said the proposed 2024 national budget may be questioned before the Supreme Court (SC) for being unconstitutional as it supposedly exceeds P5.768 trillion, which was the amount requested by Malacañang under its National Expenditures Program (NEP) for next year.