Philippine Senate Plans Concurrent Budget Hearings Amid Vice President’s Trial
The Philippine Senate is adjusting its legislative calendar to hold budget committee hearings and plenary sessions simultaneously during the vice president’s trial. Lawmakers aim to balance fiscal oversight with high-profile political proceedings without delaying either agenda.
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Senate eyes concurrent budget, plenary sessions amid VP trial
Pressed for time, the Senate is eyeing to allow concurrent budget deliberations and plenary sessions to avoid budget delay passage amid Sara Duterte's impeachment trial
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MANILA, Philippines – With the Senate pressed for time, Senate President Sherwin Gatchalian said on Thursday that the chamber is considering allowing the Senate finance panel to hold the budget hearings simultaneous to the plenary sessions. This comes as the Senate began its 2027 national expenditure program deliberations in the middle of the second regular
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