PRESIDENT Rodrigo Duterte has ordered Budget Secretary Benjamin Diokno to snub the House of Representatives’ probe on alleged “pork insertions” in the 2019 national budget, Malacañang said on Tuesday.

Speaking to reporters, Palace spokesman Salvador Panelo said Duterte wanted to prevent lawmakers from again treating Diokno in a “rude” manner, after last week’s question hour in which the Cabinet official was grilled by House members.

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