Manila, March 20 -- Senate President Vicente Sotto III on Wednesday welcomed the decision of the House of Representatives to "physically retrieve" its version of the proposed 2019 national budget from the Senate.
"I welcome the retrieval, I could have sent it back for being unfaithful to what was approved by the bicam and ratified in plenary but I did not as prudence dictates," Sotto told reporters in a group message.
"Our Congress is bicameral. It's very elementary," Sotto added.
Sotto earlier maintained the Senate's position not to accept the House version of the 2019 spending bill, which allegedly contained post-ratification realignments.
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