By Liza Soriano
THE budget deliberations of the Department of Education (DepEd) and the Office of the Vice President (OVP) have been delayed for a day.
Deliberations on DepEd and OVP are supposed to be on Tuesday, however, it has been moved to Wednesday due to a conflict in schedule.
Education Secretary and Vice President Sara Duterte-Carpio was supposed to attend the deliberations to oversee the plenary debates.
“I just would like to inquire on our schedule for today because as written in our schedule for today, after the Office of the President, there should be OVP and Department of Education… What is the estimated time that the budget deliberation for OVP and the DEPED will be deliberated today?” ACT Teachers party-list Rep. France Castro asked.
Deputy Majority Leader and Iloilo First District Representative Janette Garin responded that the DepEd and OVP asked to move the deliberations.
“The Office of the Vice President, as well as the office of the Secretary of the Department of Education, has conveyed a message to the Committee on Appropriations as well as the Committee on Rules of a possible conflict in schedule,” Garin said.
“The deliberation of the proposed budget of the OVP as well as the DepEd has been temporarily moved tomorrow considering that we also have other agencies in the pipeline,” the lawmaker added. (ai/mnm)