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Remulla: No House member contacted me for P8-B firearm insertion
Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) Secretary Jonvic Remulla stated that an undersecretary's son is not involved in an alleged attempt to insert an P8-billion budget for firearms into the 2026 national budget.
Remulla confirmed receiving an unsolicited proposal for the purchase of 80,000 rifles, which was addressed to him and implied the availability of an P8-billion fund.
The DILG Secretary declined the proposal, stating that the DILG is not the end-user and lacks the technical capacity to assess the need for the rifles.
However, Remulla clarified that no member of the House of Representatives contacted him regarding the alleged budget insertion.
He explained that a lobbyist, not a congressman, approached him about the P8-billion firearms purchase.
Remulla offered to submit evidence to the body regarding who solicited the proposal when questioned by Akbayan Party-list Representative Chel Diokno.
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