Abolish MMDA amid government’s rightsizing drive, says lawmaker

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The MMDA should be abolished if the government is bent on rightsizing or reducing redundant operations, Manila 3rd District Rep. Joel Chua said. | GabrielLaluINQ

“That’s why, in this privilege speech, I am proposing to Congress and those crafting the National Government Rightsizing Program, to abolish the MMDA,” Chua said in Filipino.

Chua further said that the budget of the MMDA has ballooned to the point that its billions of funds are actually larger compared to some key government agencies. “In the combined GAA subsidy and its local funding sources, the budget of the MMDA is bigger than some departments of the national government. In the 2023 GAA, Congress allocated a P5.282 billion budget for MMDA, aside from local fund sources which would be around P4 billion to P5 billion. That’s why the total budget of MMDA is around P10 billion,” he added.

 

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