SEN. Panfilo Lacson on Tuesday said the 2019 national budget is doomed because it has yet to be transmittted to Malacañang, forcing the government to continue to operate on a reenacted budget.

Lacson said he would raise this legal issue in the Senate to inform senators of the “scheme” that the House of Representatives resorted to in order to manipulate the ratified bicameral committee report.

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