Manila, Aug. 13 -- Senator Panfilo Lacson on Wednesday reiterated his proposal to make public the proponents of all amendments -- including insertions -- in the budget process.

Lacson said this will make the proponents answerable for flood control and other infrastructure projects that turn out to be substandard or ghost projects.

Otherwise, he said Senate Concurrent Resolution No. 4, which was taken up in plenary on Tuesday, will not achieve its purpose of ensuring transparency in deliberations for the 2026 budget.

"To truly ensure transparency in the national budget process, the identities of individual proponents of amendments aka insertions must also be made public, so they may be made answerable for substandard or ghost projects t...