Reelectionist Senator JV Ejercito has thanked President Rodrigo Duterte for approving the funds for the improvement of health facilities under the 2019 national budget, while thumbing down some items worth billions of pesos.
“In the first place, I was confident that programs to upgrade health services in the country would be supported by the President,” ssid Ejercito.
“I was certain all along that the funds which I had proposed to be included in the budget for the improvement and expansion of health facilities, and also for the provision of medical equipment, wouldn’t be vetoed by the President,” he also said.
The President recently signed the P3.7- trillion 2019 national appropriations but vetoed some P95.3 billion worth of programs and projects under the Department of Public Works and Highways.
Ejercito, who earned the nickname “Mr. Healthcare” for spearheading the Universal Health Care law, said the President did not reject the more than P15-billion allocations for Health Facilities Enhancement Program “because, probably, he saw the wisdom behind this direction.”