AFTER weeks of wrangling and horse-trading, Congress ratified on Friday the P3.757-trillion national budget for 2019 and sent it to President Rodrigo Duterte for his signature.

The chairman of the House appropriations committee, Rep. Rolando Andaya Jr., now wants to make sure he gets his way, and prevent any more changes not to his liking, in particular the restoration of the alleged P75-billion “insertion” to the budget of the Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH).

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