The Senate finance committee has approved the Commission on Human Rights’ (CHR) P678-million budget for 2018 despite a lawmaker’s threat to give it only a P1,000 outlay.

Next year’s CHR budget downgraded by P71 million the commission’s 2017 allocation of P749 million.

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