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    'National

    News Thursday, February 7, 2O1S

    For senators, 201 g budget still up in the


    certain approval in the bicam.
    Sotto said senators were set to
    Committe on Finance,leads the Senate
    contingent in the bicam panel.
    Meanwhile, Sotto said he respected
    the appeal of Executive Secretary
    fr
    "It was not myintention to preempl
    lr-ri enators have yet to approve meetin a caucus Wednesdayafternoon Sotto said the bicam will convene Salvador Medialdea, asking legislators
    the President and I recognize his sole
    to discuss the proposed provisions of powdr uhder the 19gZ Constitution to
    anew after the caucus.
    s*:;Tfiiltffi3XT#x::lil
    L/ agreeo upon by the iong"e".
    the final measure. "Kaya magkakaroon din ng caucus
    not to pxeempt President Duterte,s
    choices, after Sen. Panfilo Lacson on
    'line-item vel-o both appropriations
    and tariff bills submi .ed by Congress
    "Senator [Loren] Legarda will is that s anothbr reason to 6'rief the
    bicameral conference committee report to us on the bicam and then we Ttesdaycalled on the country,s leader Ibr his approval. Call it passiou. exas-
    (bicam). bicammembers and also the members to vel.o 'pork" items in the cAB.
    will take it up. We will play it by ear peration, frustration, even despera-
    Senate President ViCente Sotto ,ofthe Senate kung ano ang napagkaka- But like Lacson, Sotto believed that tion," he said.
    thereafter kung ano ang situation (the sunduan pa Iang. Hindi pa naman yan
    tII maintained on Wednelday that situation), kung ano ang napagkasun- President Duterte should reject pork "I'll do whatever it takes to ensure
    rs fat as the Senate was concerned, written in stone." he said allocations.
    duan (the agreemenls in the bicamr, The two chambers will extend
    that the Filipino taxpayers,hard
    rothing was conclusive regarding at kung ang napagkasunduan nila ay "Kung nararapat. at kung talagang earned money will not flow into the
    .he F3.?57 trillion General Appro_ their session until Friday, Feb.8, as mahwanag na pork. bakit hindi? Dapal
    iaapprove namin o hindi (and whether deep pockets of the corrupt few," he
    )rlations Bill (GAB) despite pro_ they heed Malaqanang's appeal for i-veto." he said.
    or not we will approve of those agree_ added.
    rouncements from leaders of the the ratification of the spending bill, Lacson, for his part, clarilied that
    mentF)," the Senate chief said- Sotto, earlie! said the.senate will
    fouse of Represenlalive about its and its transmi al for the president.s he was not preempting Duterte in is
    S{n. Loren Legarda, as chairof.the stand firm on its institutional amend-
    ,t ,, signature. suing his appeal. ments to the 2019 budget.

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