2027 budget has no unconstitutional items, says DBM
The Department of Budget and Management (DBM) clarified to senators that provisions previously declared unconstitutional by the Supreme Court in the 2024 and 2025 budgets are absent in the proposed 2027 budget. Notably, 'SAGIP' items, which granted executive powers reserved for Congress, have been removed.
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