Press Release
July 10, 2018

Sen. Leila M. de Lima's Statement on the unconscionable expenditure of the Office of the President

The expenses of the Office of the President for 2017 rose 500% from P2.3B in 2016 to almost P15B. This is unconscionable, scandalous, and extravagant.

Parang tumatae ba ng pera ang Pilipinas at mga Pilipino, para gumastos ng walang pakialam ang Malacañang sa perang pinaghirapan ng mga Pilipino?

Pangulong Duterte, hindi na po makabili ng pagkain ang mga mahihirap nating kababayan, pero para pa ring mga prinsipe at prinsesa kung gumastos ang iyong opisina, pera na hindi man lang ninyo pinaghirapang kitain at ipunin. Sinasadya ba ninyong ibangkarote ang pamahalaan, o talagang napakamanhid lang ng iyong mga tauhan?

The astronomical increase in the President's budget includes the use of intelligence funds. Is this where the budget for monetary incentives in the PNP's drug war quota comes from? Are we actually funding death squads and summary executions through the President's discretionary intelligence funds?

Congress should not allow itself to be the enabler of illegal and criminal acts of the Executive by blindly approving an indefensibly huge discretionary budget for the Office of the President.

Sobra na ito. Ginigisa ang sambayanan sa sariling mantika, at tila walang pumapalag, kabilang ang mga representante ng Kongreso na dapat nagbabantay sa kaban ng bayan.

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