Palace affirms proposed P600-M budget for CHR

THE Executive Department won't amend its proposed P600 million budget for the Commission on Human Rights (CHR), a Malacanang official said on Friday.

“The DBM and the Office of the President proposed over P600 million for the CHR under the General Appropriations Act [that we submitted to Congress]. This shows that the Executive respects constitutional commissions [like the CHR],” Assistant Secretary Kris Ablan of the Presidential Communications Office told reporters on Friday.