MANILA (Philippine Daily Inquirer/ANN): Amid a protracted pandemic, President Duterte will step in to ensure that national coffers won’t bleed as much next year by transferring more public functions to local government units (LGUs) while they enjoy a bigger share of tax collections starting 2022.
The Department of Budget and Management (DBM) told agencies last week that a draft executive order (EO) currently being crafted to fully devolve specific national government functions to LGUs would mitigate the fiscal strain to be inflicted by the Supreme Court’s Mandanas ruling.
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