Speaker vows no delays in budget approval amid PDAF controversy

The House of Representatives will be able to approve the proposed P2.268 trillion budget on time even if the lawmakers would still have to get the nod of the Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) on their proposed projects that will be included in the proposed 2014 budget.

Speaker Feliciano Belmonte, Jr. of Quezon City made the pronouncement after he disclosed that at least 260 lawmakers have already submitted their proposed infrastructure projects before the DPWH—projects that will be funded by the P9.654 billion Priority Development Assistance Fund (PDAF) allocation under the 2014 proposed budget which was transferred by Congress to the discretion of the DPWH.