THE House of Representatives will likely shoot down a proposal to increase the retirement pay of military and police personnel because doing so will cut the budget for social services and hike budget deficit, House Majority Leader Neptali Gonzales 2nd said Thursday.

Gonzales was referring to the pitch made by Sen. Antonio Trillanes 4th, who wanted the increase in pension included in the proposed Salary Standardization Law (SSL) 4 which increases the salary of all government workers on top of granting them a 14th month pay.

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