The Duterte Administration will likely delay the submission of the P3.3 trillion proposed national budget for 2017 to Congress in order to review and change its composition, the incoming Budget and Management chief said on Monday.

“For the 2017 [budget], I proposed that we delay a little bit the submission to Congress,” incoming Department of Budget and Management (DBM) Secretary Benjamin Diokno told reporters on the sidelines of the first day of the Duterte administration’s consultation workshop with the business community here.

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