In the Philippines, senators claim it is unconstitutional for House to amend budget after passage

Although it passed the 2021 national budget bill days ago, the House of Representatives is still adding amendments to the measure – the reason it has yet to transmit the bill to the Senate. This, according to several senators, is unconstitutional. It does not even matter whether the amendments are "institutional," as the House leaders claimed. Senator Panfilo Lacson on Tuesday, October 20, said the Constitution rules out amending a bill after its final reading by a chamber of Congress. That the House is letting agencies from the Executive department propose these "institutional" amendments – augmentations of their allocations – at this point is also unlawful, Lacson pointed out.
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