The Marcos government has spent over P480 million for travels as of September 2023
MANILA, Philippines – Kabataan Representative Raoul Manuel on Tuesday, September 26, questioned the travel spending of the jet-setting President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. and the “return on investment” for these trips that are shouldered by Filipino taxpayers.
“Two years in a row na ito nangyari [F1 attendance], and the First Lady is proud of the President’s attendance this year! Kung proud sila, huwag nilang ikahiya. Mas malaki pa ang investment sa bansa noong pandemic. This implies na hindi naman pag-attract ng investors ang layunin ng travels ng Pangulo.
Marcos traveled a lot in his first six months of office – to Indonesia and Singapore for his first state visits, to New York for the United Nations General Assembly, Cambodia and Thailand for regional summits, then to Belgium for another summit. Between New York and Cambodia, Marcos also flew toSpeaking to Tulfo, Manuel noted that there was a P84 million difference between what was spent on travel and what was allocated for travel spending under the 2022 General Appropriations Act.
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