Sotto pushes for special session on food subsidy budget

Senate President Vicente Sotto III is pushing for a special session in Congress to approve a supplemental budget, including a food subsidy fund for daily wage earners affected by the enhanced community quarantine.

Sotto proposes PHP300 per day assistance for each poor family in Metro Manila and varying rates for other regions.

He estimates that feeding 15 million poorest families in NCR alone would cost PHP27 billion.

Sotto has asked President Duterte to call for a special session to fast-track the release of necessary funds.