Budget Secretary Florencio Abad on Thursday admitted that there are indeed lump sums in the proposed 2016 national budget but they are not like what administration critics are alleging them to be.

Speaking during the continuation of the briefing on the 2016 National Expenditure Program (NEP), Abad said there are actually two lump sums in the proposed budget for next year and these are the calamity fund and the contingency fund.

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