FORMER President Rodrigo Duterte urged Congress to ensure that the national budget is clear and properly documented.
He emphasized the need for Congress to correct or record the budget and demand an explanation for any blank allocations submitted to them.
“I would like to remind Congress, mali ho ‘yan—it’s invalid. Please correct it or record the budget and demand an explanation kung bakit dumating sa inyo yan na blanko. Para kang binigyan ng blangko na tseke, ‘Oh sige, bahala na kung anong ilagay ninyo.
In the same manner, ‘yung mga blanko diyan—whatever or whoever corresponds to that particular item is free to just fill up the amount. By all commandments of the law, that cannot be valid and enforceable,” pahayag ni Former President Rodrigo Roa Duterte.