The Commission on Elections (Comelec) has been given a budget of P14 billion for the conduct of plebiscites in 2024, despite only requesting P2 billion. Opposition lawmaker Edcel Lagman questions the massive increase in the budget and highlights that it exceeds the funding of several government agencies.
Why did Congress allot a P14-billion budget for Comelec for the conduct of its plebiscites in 2024, when the poll body only wanted P2 billion? The Commission on Elections ( Comelec ) does not have a dozen of plebiscites planned this year, yet Congress gave the poll body a budget ofThat’s a whopping increase of nearly P12 billion, from around P2.
5 billion that theOpposition lawmaker Edcel Lagman certainly believes he has the right to flag the massive increase in the budget allotted to the Comelec for these activities. He said that P14.2 billion – which is only for one line item in the Comelec’s 2024 budget – is higher than the entire funding of some government agencies this year, such as the Department of Migrant Workers (P9.8 billion), Department of Trade and Industry (P8.6 billion), Department of Tourism (P3.4 billion), and Department of Human Settlements and Urban Development (P3.3 billion
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