Duterte will veto any ‘pork’ insertions in 2020 budget–Palace

MANILA, Philippines--Malacaang assured the public on Tuesday that President Rodrigo Duterte would exercise his veto power to remove any "pork barrel" in the 2020 national budget. Presidential spokesperson Salvador Panelo issued the statement following reports that the proposed P4.1 trillion national budget for next year was a pork-laden budget. The passage of the 2019 budget was delayed for months due to questionable allocations and alleged pork insertions in Congress. What is the assurance that insertions and questionable allocations won't happen again? "There maybe no guarantee for that as Filipinos are very creative, but one is certain, as before, the President will ex...

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