MALACANANG on Thursday opposed the proposal of Senate President Vicente Sotto 3rd for a re-enacted budget in 2019, saying it will do more harm than good.

Sotto said on Wednesday that he would ask Senator Loren Legarda, finance committee chairperson, to withdraw the Senate's version of the General Appropriations bill and go for a re-enacted budget, to "erase all doubts and allegations of pork and other so-called insertions."

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