SENATOR Juan Edgardo “Sonny” Angara said on Tuesday that 83 percent of the P8.4 trillion needed funds for the government’s massive infrastructure program would come from foreign borrowings and not from TRAIN (Tax Reform for Acceleration and Inclusion).

Angara, chairman of the Committee on Ways and Means, authored the Senate version of TRAIN. He said TRAIN would fund only one-third of the required amount for the infrastructure program.

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