Aquino 2012 budget proposal lacks transparency

Aquino 2012 budget proposal lacks transparency

By INA ALLECO R. SILVERIO
Bulatlat.com

Deliberations on the 2012 national budget started yesterday at the House of Representatives and progressive lawmakers have come out with scalpels to dissect it.

Bayan Muna Representative Teddy Casiño said that the Benigno Aquino III government’s fiscal proposal for the year 2012 amounting to P1.816 trillion ($42.232 billion) is no different from its predecessors: Casiño said it is full of ” vague, lump-sum allocations.”

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