MANILA, Philippines - The withdrawal of the bill for the proposed P4.1-trillion national budget for 2020, otherwise known as the 2020 General Appropriations Bill (GAB), while budget deliberations are still ongoing may be a prelude to pork barrel insertions, leaders of the party-list group Bayan Muna said on Monday. House Deputy Minority leader and Bayan Muna Rep. Carlos Isagani Zarate and Bayan Muna chairman Neri Colmenares called for a suspension of the budget deliberations until the 2020 GAB is refiled. "This development is quite alarming, even disturbing. It smells like the greasy patronage pork is being put into the oven. In light of this we are calling for ...
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