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PRRD to Congress: Resolve budget impasse or else
President Rodrigo Duterte warned Speaker Alan Peter Cayetano and Representative Lord Allan Velasco to resolve their leadership dispute and ensure the timely passage of the P4.5-trillion national budget.
Duterte stated that if the House of Representatives fails to pass the budget legally and constitutionally, he would take action himself.
Senators warned that the House's early suspension of session would guarantee a reenacted budget for 2021, potentially hindering the government's pandemic response.
The House, led by Cayetano, suspended its session until November 16 after passing the budget on second reading, delaying the anticipated leadership change to Velasco on October 14.
Duterte had brokered a term-sharing agreement in 2019 where Cayetano would serve as Speaker until October 2020, with Velasco set to take over thereafter.
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