To undo what the Cayetano administration did was the first order of business under the leadership of newly-installed Speaker Lord Allan Velasco.Right at the start of the four-day special session Tuesday, the Lower House revoked the second reading approval of the proposed 2021 General Appropriations Act to reactivate plenary debates on the budget bill.
“I am also extending a healing hand to all those that we had misunderstanding with,” said Velasco as he opened the special session on Monday.With all 301 members present in the first session hour presided by Velasco, a motion to reconsider the second reading passage of House Bill No. 7727 proposing a P4.5 trillion budget for government operations next year.
Both moves were questioned by many lawmakers, including Velasco’s allies, as unconstitutional and morally unacceptable. The suspension of sessions from October 6 to November 16 was also decried as a violation of the constitutional provision that prohibits the suspension of sessions for over three days without the approval of both Houses of Congress.
what a genius. i bet it's a realignment. let's just crunch some of these numbers.. & a cabal just took over, right?