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Sen Drilon said the Contingent Fund can be used to fund COVID interventions. Speaking of the Contingent Fund...
#DidYaKnow that President Duterte's Contingent Fund is 420% higher than the previous admin's? In 2016, the appropriation for it was only 2.5B. Now, it's 13B.
#DidYaKnow that President Duterte's Contingent Fund is 420% higher than the previous admin's? In 2016, the appropriation for it was only 2.5B. Now, it's 13B.
In the 2017 Budget, the Contingent Fund increased by Php3B or 120%. The following year, it increased by 136% more to Ph13B, the highest level that it has been in the past 3 years since President Duterte assumed office.
[3] Since the Contingent Fund appropriations increased in 2017, figures in the 2017-2019 National Expenditure Plan reveal a pattern of huge amounts of transfers to the DILG and DND, in particular, the PNP and the AFP.
