'Insertion agad?': Budget amendments not illegal, 'pork barrel' is--Escudero

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Senate President Francis "Chiz" Escudero on Tuesday, July 29, pushed back against what he described as unfair and politically-motivated accusations against him on the subject of national budget amendments. (Video courtesy of Senate of the Philippines)  READ: https://mb.com.ph/2025/07/29/insertion-agad-budget-amendments-not-illegal-pork-barrel-is-escudero  Subscribe to the Manila Bulletin Online channel! - https://www.youtube.com/TheManilaBulletin  Visit our website at http://mb.com.ph Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/manilabulletin Twitter: https://www.twitter.com/manila_bulletin Instagram: https://instagram.com/manilabulletin Tiktok: https://www.tiktok.com @manilabulletin  #ManilaBulletinOnline #ManilaBulletin #LatestNews

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00:00May mga nag-insert, may mga nag-amend.

00:03Grabe naman kasi yung insinuation ng mga naninira.

00:07Pag nag-amend ka ng budget,

00:09insert na agad, illegal na agad, bawal na agad, may kita na agad,

00:14hindi naman siguro tama yun.

00:17Mali naman yata yun.

00:18So anong gusto nyo sabihin sa amin?

00:20Wala kaming karapatan baguhin yung sinasubmit na panukalang budget ng DBM.

00:26Ganoon ba yun?

00:26Kung ano yung sinubmit eh, ba't pa kami mag-i-hearing?

00:32Ba't pa nakalagay sa saligang batas ang power of the purse ay nasa kongreso?

00:38Yun ba yung ibig sabihin mo?

00:40Na illegal magbago ng budget?

00:43I don't think so.

00:44Ang illegal ay pork barrel,

00:45which was defined by the Supreme Court as post-enactment intervention.

00:49Pakikialam kung paano gagastusin, san gagastusin ang pondo matapos ito aprobahan.

00:54Baka nakakalimutan nyo rin.

00:56Bilang finance chairman noon, ako ang kauna-unahang finance chairman

01:00na nag-line item ng budget ng DPWH.

01:05Bugso ng desisyon ng Korte Suprema kaugnay sa post-enactment intervention of pork barrel.

01:10Kung maalala nyo dati, puro lump sum allocations ang nasa budget

01:14at sa kauna-unahang pagkakataon ako'y naging chairman.

01:17Doon lamang ni-line item yan.

01:20Doon lamang nakita ang mga bagay na yan.

01:23So, hindi marapat at hindi makatarungan para sa akin.

01:27At bahagi lamang ika nga ng politika at pamumulitika

01:29ang mga akusasyong binabato ngayon.

01:31Maile.

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