Gabriela condemns House’s quick OK of P5.268 trillion nat’l budget for 2023

MANILA, Philippines — The Gabriela Women’s Party on Thursday slammed the swift passage of the P5.268-trillion national budget for 2023 by the House of Representatives.

Gabriela lamented the allocation of considerable funds for foreign debt payments, military spending, infrastructure, pork barrels, and the National Task Force to End Local Communist Armed Conflict (NTF-Elcac).

It also criticized the big confidential and intelligence funds of the Office of the President (OP) and the Office of the Vice President (OVP), amounting to P4.5 billion and P500 million, respectively.

“Imbes na pagwawaldas ng kaban ng bayan sa korupsyon, pasismo, at iba pang [mga] ‘di kapaki-pakinabang…

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