Even after the leadership shakeup at the House of Representatives, senators said they still worry the 2021 national budget bill won't be submitted to them on time, and asked their House counterparts to hand over to them the proposed measure on October 28 at the latest.
Late Thursday night, Sotto said he spoke with House Speaker Lord Allan Velasco to request that he “facilitate the transmittal” of the GAB to the Senate by October 28, more than 10 days after the bill’s 3rd and final reading on Friday. He said 10 days should be “enough time” to print copies of the bill.“As they have promised the President, they will approve the GAB on 3rd and final reading today, October 16, and it only takes one week to print, so why November 5?” Lacson said in a statement.
Lacson then reminded the House leadership that the 1987 Constitution prohibits amending a bill after its last reading by a chamber of Congress. “So after 3rd reading, the small committee comes in with the amendments. And of course the small committee, that’s authorized by the body, right? So the small committee takes charge of the amendments. So they work for let’s say a week and then it gets printed for a couple of days, and then [it] gets transmitted to the Senate,” Quimbo added.
Philippines Latest News, Philippines Headlines
Similar News:You can also read news stories similar to this one that we have collected from other news sources.
Source: ABSCBNNews - 🏆 5. / 83 Read more »
Source: cebudailynews - 🏆 8. / 71 Read more »
Source: ABSCBNNews - 🏆 5. / 83 Read more »
Source: ANCALERTS - 🏆 26. / 50 Read more »
Source: inquirerdotnet - 🏆 3. / 86 Read more »
Source: rapplerdotcom - 🏆 4. / 86 Read more »