President Rodrigo Duterte has signed the 2019 national budget, Malacañang said on Monday.
“Yes,” Executive Secretary Salvador Medialdea said when asked if Duterte has signed the budget.
“The President, among others, vetoed 95.3 billion pesos items of appropriations in the Details of DPWH Programs/Projects, which are not within the programmed priorities,” Medialdea said.
He said Duterte signed the budget on Monday.
Meanwhile, Senate President Vicente “Tito” Sotto III also confirmed on Monday night the signing of the 2019 General Appropriations Bill.
Asked what was vetoed by the President, Sotto said in a text message, “Yun recommended naming P75B plus P20.3 billion pa.”
When he signed the enrolled copy of the budget last March 26, the Senate leader affixed his signature with strong reservations and asked the President to consider vetoing the P75 billion “unconstitutional realignments.”
The Senate and the House had locked horns over the alleged unconstitutional realignments or “pork” in the budget. With a report from Maila Ager/ac
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