The Supreme Court (SC) would accumulate at least P2 billion worth of savings in 2015 because it had authorized itself to declare savings out of the fund from unfilled positions anytime.

Sen. Francis Escudero, chairman of the Senate Committee on Finance, made the disclosure on Friday after the first meeting of the bicameral conference committee for next year’s P2.606-trillion budget held at the House of Representatives.

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