Lacson wants calamity fund review before releasing P30B supplemental budget

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MANILA - Senator Panfilo Lacson on Tuesday said Congress should first determine how much calamity funds are still available both in the national and local government coffers before approving President

Rodrigo Duterte's P30-billion supplemental budget request to aid Filipinos hit by Taal Volcano's ashfall.

Unused disaster funds should be placed in a "special trust fund solely for the purpose of supporting disaster risk reduction and management activities" of the local government within the next 5 years, he said.The Congress needs to police calamity funds, the senator said, noting that Batangas allegedly allocated P183 million for its disaster fund in 2019, but used 70 percent of the amount for maintenance and operating expenses.

Senator Francis Tolentino, a former mayor of Tagaytay City, justified the President's additional fund request, saying the supplemental budget will be used to fund the rehabilitation of houses and livelihood establishments destroyed by Taal Volcano's mud and ashfall.

 

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