SC is asked to compel DBM to release 4th tranche of salary hikes for government workers
The fourth tranche of salary increases is provided for under Executive Order No. 201 that was issued by former President Benigno Aquino III in 2016.
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In a petition filed by House Majority Leader Rolando Andaya Jr., the SC was told that the release of the funds for the increases should be a ministerial duty of the DBM.Together with a group of 50 government personnel, Andaya’s petition stated that the DBM should release the funds even while the government is using a re-enacted budget for failure of Congress to pass the 2019 General Appropriations Act (GAA), the budget law.
“There is no basis for the delay in the release and disbursement of funds as there are available alternative sources of funds for the fourth tranche of personnel benefits under EO 201,” the petitioners said.
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