The outdated representation and transportation allowance (RATA) and per diem rates of local government unit (LGUs) officials need to be revised.
The outdated representation and transportation allowance and per diem rates of local government unit officials need to be revised.Thus, said Albay 2nd district Rep. Joey Salceda, who directed the request to the Department of Budget and Management and the Department of Interior and Local Government .
“From 2013 to 2022, the value of each peso has eroded to 74 centavos. It also no longer makes sense given that LGUs have increased local revenues from 107.98 billion to 256.21 billion last year. That’s a 137 percent growth rate,” he said. A former Albay governor, Salceda said LGUs also deserve the increase given their improved efforts in generating local revenues.“The increase should be sourced from LGU revenues, so that it does not affect our limited NG fiscal space. But it should be done,” he said.
He reminded DBM that “EO 77 s. 2019 prescribed the rates of expenses and allowances for travel. The same EO mandates a periodic review every three years based on a survey of lodging costs conducted by the DOT, and other economic indicators prescribed by the Philippine Statistics Authority ”.
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