MANILA, Philippines – Hinamon ng Malacañang si Davao City Rep. Isidro Ungab na patunayan umano ang imbento nitong iregularidad sa pagkakapasa ng 2025 national budget.
“I cannot stop Congressman Ungab and other similarly minded people who would want to put up a challenge,” sinabi ni Executive Secretary Lucas Bersamin, na naglingkod sa Supreme Court mula 2009 hanggang 2019.
“The problem there is, we won’t be the ones who will answer for any shortcomings there because that’s the bicam report,” dagdag pa niya, na tumutukoy sa congressional bicameral report sa 2025 spending bill.
“We have nothing to do with the bicam report. We are only involved with the finished product that the President signed, not the blank check,” ani Bersamin.
Sa press conference nitong Biyernes, Enero 24, sinabi ni Bersamin na dapat ay patunayan ni Ungab ang alegason nito na ang bicameral conference committee ay naglalaman ng blank items at sinasabi pa na ang mga blankong ito ay pupunan ng Palasyo.
“He should prove his claims, because we have nothing to do with him. We have nothing to do with the blanks. That’s his invention. If there were really, true omissions, let Congress, the Lower House, the Upper House explain, if any,” aniya.
“That should be proven first. It would be hard for him to claim that there are blanks, because we truly do not know, we were not involved at that point,” pagpapatuloy ni Bersamin. RNT/JGC