Malacañang denies last-minute spending

Malacanang on Tuesday denied allegations of the camp of Vice President Jejomar Binay that the Aquino administration engaged in “rushed spending” in the past months to be able to get votes for its candidates in the May 9 elections.

“Allegations of the government’s ‘mad rush to spend during the election season’ leaving the incoming administration with ‘only 16 percent of the national budget’ are untrue and without factual basis,” Presidential Communications Secretary Herminio Coloma Jr. told reporters in a news conference.