Senate starts debates on P4.1-T 2020 national budget

Credit to Author: Tempo Desk| Date: Sun, 10 Nov 2019 09:38:46 +0000

The Senate will officially begin today plenary debates on the proposed P4.1-trillion national budget for 2020.

Sen. Juan Edgardo “Sonny” Angara, finance committee chair, announced this yesterday, as he guaranteed that the Senate is on track to pass the budget measure based on their timetable.

Angara is scheduled to sponsor the proposed 2020 national spending plan on Nov. 11.

Angara’s panel has earlier vowed to get the General Appropriations Bill on President Duterte’s desk by middle of December or the third week at the latest, for his immediate approval and signature.

The senator reiterated anew it is necessary to pass the 2020 national budget on time to prevent a reenacted budget which happened this year due to the delay in the approval of the 2019 General Appropriations Act.

“So critical is the GAA, in fact, that because we failed to pass it on time during the previous budget cycle, the country paid the p
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