ARMM defends budget, proves mettle in house committee hearing

Officials of the Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (ARMM) began defending the proposed regional budget for 2017 in the House of Representatives on Tuesday, September 28, 2016.

Said ARMM officials presented the budget to the committee on appropriations in a pre-plenary hearing led by Rep. Mohamad Khalid Dimaporo, vice chairperson of the said committee.

Regional Governor Mujiv Hataman addressed the recommendations of the national Commission on Audit (COA) regarding the ARMM budget pegged at P40.573 billion, the biggest budget proposal in the history of the region.

“We acknowledge the COA report and we have a response for every comment on our budget,” said Hataman.

He also noted that the regional government has already complied with the audit observation of the COA. (BUREAU OF PUBLIC INFORMATION/MINDANAO EXPOSE’)