House Speaker Feliciano Belmonte Jr. on Friday welcomed the Department of Budget and Management (DBM)’s move to abolish the special allotment release order (Saro) system following the fake Saro scheme that surfaced in November.

Belmonte said that it was already the part of the budget reforms being undertaken by the administration, whether or not the fake Saro scheme surfaced last year.

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