The government’s plan to implement a nonstop construction for infrastructure development will have to wait until next year in order to respect existing contracts, the Department of Budget and Management (DBM) said.

“We cannot go on 24/7 construction yet, because of existing contracts,” Budget and Management Secretary Benjamin Diokno told members of the Makati Business Club during the group’s annual meeting on Tuesday.

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