House leaders were urged to look carefully at suspicious lump sums in the budget submitted by the Duterte administration, particularly the P1.7-trillion special purpose fund , a large portion of which would be under the control of the President.Bayan Muna chair Neri Colmenares said Malacañang must explain exactly how much discretionary funds would be in the hands of President Rodrigo Duterte and his alter egos after the spending bill was passed into law.
According to the department’s breakdown of automatic appropriations, the IRA would amount to P648.9 billion, up from 2019’s P575.5 billion, while debt service-interest payments would reach P451 billion from 2019’s P399.6 billion. The SPF refers to budgetary allocations intended for specific purposes and are usually lump sums, as the recipient agencies or programs have not yet been identified during budget preparation and legislation, according to the DBM.
Pork barrel refers to the practice of giving lawmakers or officials lump-sum allocations in the budget or earmarking their pet projects after the appropriations law has been approved.
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