The P140-billion budget agreed by the Senate for the Bayanihan to Recover as Once Act, or Bayanihan 2, is not adequate to respond to the economic problems. Further, the problem was about the COVID-19 pandemic.
Senate Minority Franklin Drilon said in an interview on AM radio statin DWIZ on Saturday.
Drilon said more funds would be needed for financial assistance of the public duriing a lockdown.
“It will help if we can have a sufficient budget. The P140 billion is not enough. We have more needs because we can’t control the spread of the virus. Under a lockdown, our economy is dead. We need SAP [Social Amelioration Program] to give temporary relief to our countrymen. The 20 million who are poor must be helped,” the senator said, speaking partly in Filipino.
Last July, Senate passed the third- and final-reading Bayanihan 2 bill to replace the Bayanihan to Heal as One Act that expired in June.
The Bayanihan 2 bill is a test of economic growth in the face of coronavirus threat.
On the second reading last August 5 the House of Representatives adopted its corresponding motion.
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