By Dominic B. dela Cruz
Staff reporter
Laoag
City—This city’s vice mayor and Sangguniang
Panlungsod presiding officer Atty. Franklin Dante A. Respicio disclosed that
the budget of the 80 barangays here will not be affected by the disapproved
2019 annual budget.
“Ta adda daytoy review
power iti Sangguniang Panlungsod a no after 30 days ket awan aksyon iti Sangguniang Panlungsod kadagiti barangay
budgets, saan kayo a madanagan ta these
will be deemed approved arig na a kasla
met laeng inaprobaran iti konseho iti siyudad iti Laoag,” Mr. Respicio explained.
The vice mayor said this in
response to Laoag councilor Shirley O. Sin’s opinion that they cannot tackle
the barangay budgets until they approve or finally disapprove the city’s 2019
budget.
Mr. Respicio added that
barangay budgets are deemed approved after 30 days from date of submission to
the council if the councilors do not act on it.
“I will see to it that after
30 days, the presiding officer of the Sangguniang Panlungsod will be sending
the necessary communications to the various barangays to convey deemed approved
dagitay budgets yo,” Mr. Respicio stressed.
Reacting to this, Mrs. Sin,
who is the council’s finance committee chair said: “Ay ket good a good for
the barangays. Mayat met ketdi no umabot
iti kasdiay tapnu saan a maibaybayag unay.”
She also noted that her
opinion on the barangays’ budget is based on a Dept. of Interior and Local
Government opinion that they cannot tackle any other issue at the council for
90 days until the city’s annual budget is either approved or disapproved with
finality.
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