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Official statement: Noynoy opposes bicameral conference committee report
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"I objected to the Bicameral Conference Committee report on the 2009
General Appropriations bill because it will allow the Executive to continue
the unconstitutional practice of releasing funds over the amount
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"Article VI, Section 25 (7) of the Constitution states that 'if, by the end of any face the nation.
fiscal year, the Congress shall have failed to pass the general
appropriations bill for the ensuing fiscal year, the general appropriations law Email Address:
for the preceding fiscal year shall be deemed reenacted and shall remain in
force and effect until the general appropriations bill is passed by the
Congress."

"In 2006, the Executive requested for P 1.193 trillion to run the government
in a 'fiscally prudent' manner. In response, Congress appropriated P 1.187
trillion in the 2007 General Appropriations Act (GAA), which should have
provided funds from January 1 to December 31."

"However, the 2007 GAA took effect on April 8, 2007 instead of January 1,
2007. By force of law, the Executive was operating on a re-enacted budget
from January to March 2007. This re-enacted amount should have been
deducted from the total amount appropriated in the 2007 GAA and reverted
back to the national treasury."

"The Executive unilaterally decided to use the appropriated budget for only
9 months, even though these funds were intended for the entire fiscal year.
As a result, the Executive was able to release P195.31 billion in excess of
what was approved by Congress, allowing the Executive to spend more than
the amount they originally requested, effectively usurping the power of the
purse which constitutionally belongs solely to Congress."

"To prevent this unconstitutional practice from taking place under this GAA,
we proposed the following safeguard, which was adopted by the Senate but
was consequently removed in the Bicameral Conference Committee report:

The provisions of this Act shall take effect after fifteen days following its
publication in the Official Gazette. Provided, however, that in the event that
this Act takes effect at any date other than January 1, 2009, an amount
equivalent to the re-enacted portion of the 2008 General Appropriations Act
that was expended pending the effectivity of this Act shall be considered as
withheld portion and shall automatically revert back to the National
Treasury."

"The rejection of this proposal fails to take advantage of the opportunity to

remind the Executive that there is a limit to what they can spend. Agreeing to
this, in effect, would make one complicit to this nefarious practice."
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