Lacson said these indicated that more people were watching the budget process now. “More issues might come out and we should continue to scrutinize the abuses concerning the national budget,” he said. Alvarez and Fariñas said they were not involved in the preparation of the national budget. “I could not say absolutely that this is a diversion because the issue has gotten bigger so that we could expand our examination of the national budget,” he said. The bottom line is that we should fix the national budget,” Lacson added.

Source: Philippine Daily Inquirer December 12, 2018 21:33 UTC