The Senator from the Liberal Party is being
blamed for being the cause of all the hitches in the ongoing staging of the
country of the 30th Southeast Asian (SEA) Games.
House Speaker Peter Allan Cayetano has called out
the name of senator Franklin Drilon was the one in the first place made it
difficult for the SEA Games organizers to their job when the latter delayed the
approval of its 2019 budget.
The House Speaker seconded the statement of House Deputy Speaker Mikee
Romero ’s earlier statement that the Senate, including Senate Minority Leader
Franklin Drilon, is “partly to blame” for the delayed budget approval.
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| House Speaker Allan Peter Cayetano (photo credit to PDI) |
Cayetano explains that Drilon made moves to cut the budget for the SEA Games and have it transferred to the Philippine Sports Commission (PSC).
“It was Senator Drilon
who moved the budget of the SEA Games to the PSC and it was Senator Drilon who
proposed cutting it by 33%…” Cayetano said on Monday, addressing military
officers.
“Pero siya
‘yung naglelead ng criticism. Siyempre nandoon ako sa Senate, alangan namang
magbastusan kami. Nake-kwento ko lang yan in context na we need better
communication,” he added.
(But he’s
the one who’s leading the criticism. Of course I was in the Senate and I don’t
want to be rude. I am just saying this in the context that we need better
communication.)
Romero’s insinuations are misplaced – Drilon
Senator Drilon earlier slammed Romero’s
statements and labelled it as an “insult to the leadership of the Senate and
that his statements or claims were “baseless” or “misplaced”
He explains that the delay was caused
by unconstitutional insertions made by the House members “in the budget to the tune
of P95.3 billion worth of pork barrel funds.”
“To refresh
Mr. Romero’s memory, had it not been for the solution or compromise that I
proposed, which enabled Senate President Vicente Sotto to sign and send the
2019 budget to Malacañang, we would not have resolved the 2019 budget impasse
and we would have continued on a reenacted budget,” Drilon said in a statement.
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