Removing BuB is tantamount to removing people's empowerment

PRESS RELEASE
August 16, 2016

FISCALIZE, SCRUTINIZE THE P3.35-T BUDGET

Akbayan Party-list Rep. Tom Villarin said that he will be relentless in scrutinizing the proposed P3.35-trillion budget for 2017 to ensure that funds are allotted for the right priorities, in the right way.

"We welcome the budget proposed by the executive. But it is our role as legislators to be fiscalizers who will scrutinize the budget and ensure that the process is transparent," Villarin said.

"Someone has to watch over the budget. In case there are mistakes, we can check them. That is the value of having a legitimate minority," he added.

Villarin is one of the "Legitimate 8" who comprise the real and authentic minority bloc in the House of Representatives.