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Solon, watchdog: Waive parliamentary courtesy for full presidential budget scrutiny

House Deputy Minority Leader and ACT Teachers party-list Rep. Antonio Tinio (ACT Teachers/Facebook)

Metro Manila, Philippines – House Deputy Minority Leader Antonio Tinio and a watchdog have challenged Malacañang and the House appropriations panel to waive parliamentary courtesy for the full budget scrutiny of the office of President Ferdinand Marcos Jr.

Tinio and the Bantay Budget Network’s call on Sunday, Sept. 7, came after the Palace criticized some House members for what it described as an attempt “to shift the blame for their own corruption and failures.”

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