Duterte to sign P4.1-T national budget Jan. 6

Credit to Author: Tempo Desk| Date: Thu, 02 Jan 2020 09:27:31 +0000

Davao City Rep. Isidro Ungab confirmed on Thursday, January 2 that President Duterte will sign the proposed P4.1 trillion national budget for 2020 on Monday, January 6.

The chairman of the House Committee on Appropriations made the confirmation, after Presidential Legislative Liaison Office (PLLO) informed the Lower Chamber that the signing ceremony of the proposed 2020 General Appropriations Act (GAA) is set on January 6, 2020, at 4 p.m. at Rizal Hall in Malacañang Palace.

“Yes, it’s confirmed on January 6,” he said in a text message, when asked if the spending bill will be signed on January 6.

When asked if President Duterte will veto some provisions of the 2020 GAA, Ungab said, “No idea yet.”

Ungab earlier asked Malacañang to consider the nation’s interest and welfare should it decides to veto some provisions of the Congress-ratified, four volumes-long spending measure.

“The ball is now in their hands. I have very high regard to DBM (Department of Budget and Management) Secretary Wendell Avisado and President Rody Duterte, whom I have worked with before,” he said when asked if the House of Representati
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