Philippine Congress cuts Human Rights Commission budget to $20

[Neight Shayde 7,925]

The House of Representatives on Tuesday voted to give a P1,000 budget to the Commission on Human Rights (CHR) for 2018, a critical government agency that Speaker Pantaleon Alvarez had threatened leaving with a measly 2018 budget.

During the House budget plenary debates, at least 119 lawmakers voted to approve the P1,000 budget for the CHR. Only 32 lawmakers voted against it.

At first, lawmakers were made to vote by viva voce (by shouting or saying). But the nayes resounded over the ayes, supposedly because of some members from the gallery participating in the voting. A headcount was then made, making the lawmakers stand up to show if they were for or against the P1,000 CHR budget. But because the voting was not nominal, where lawmakers would be identified with their votes, only a headcount was made.

Alvarez, in a televised interview with CNN Philippines, said the CHR deserved the very low budget for being a “useless” agency and for defending the rights of criminal syndicates. “Ngayon, kung gusto mong protektahan yung rights ng criminal, eh kumuha ka ng budget sa mga criminal. Ganun lang kasimple yun. Bakit ka kukuha ng budget sa gobyerno, eh hindi mo ginagawa yung (trabaho mo),” Alvarez said in the interview. (Now, if you want to protect the rights of the criminals, get your budget from the criminals. It’s that simple. Why should you get budget from the government and yet you are not doing your job.)

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This is a historic moment in our unfortunate dark descent to dictatorship and fascism (under duterte). I want to leave my country right NOW. 

[Juvi 1,639]

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what are these people bothered by? that people want their freedom and rights secured? and not just those of politicians? 

[SychosSoChic 9,995]

Philippines wadafuq how is this possible? How is this just sliding through?

I spend 1000 pesos on groceries in a week

Beyond concerning

[YourCureness 2,844]

God save the Philippines. 

[chromasine 5,439]

WE'RE GONNA DIE YALL

[Morphine Prince 110,031]

Not surprised with Duterte as the leader.

[RAMROD 118,160]

Hmmm, isn't Duterte son involved in drug smuggling? Did he shoot him in the head like the rest of civilians?

Also this is really bad. What can people do with $20 budget?

And where will they allocated the funds that supposed to be for this to now?

[boyerased 2,889]

How unashamed of our goverment with this blatant attempt to supress everyone who contradicts the president. I am done with this country. Someone help me get out of this mess. I won't be shocked if Duterte will be a dictator in a few years. Reversing every economic development we had after the mess of a former dictator (Marcos).