Realignments stall ‘pork-free’ 2018 budget

THE bicameral conference committee for the P3.77- trillion national Thursday and lawmakers from both chambers disagreed immediately over some realignments, as others pushed for a “pork free” measure.

Present for the Senate were Finance Committee Chairman Loren Legarda, Senate President Pro-Tempore Ralph Recto, Senate Minority Leader Franklin Drilon and Senators Cynthia Lacson, Joseph Victor Ejercito, Nancy Binay and Juan Miguel Zubiri.

In attendance for the House were: