Before Drilon’s interpellation of Legarda, he had asked Senator Juan Edgardo Angara to break down the P7.5-billion lodged in the DFA budget. Angara was then sponsoring the PSC’s measly P274.794-million proposed budget in the Senate plenary.
Senate Journal No. 41, which contains minutes of the session on December 6, 2018, showed the breakdown of the proposed P7.5-billion SEA Games budget as follows:
Breakdown of proposed P7.5-billion SEA Games hosting fund Game services- 1,525,000,000
Sports- 1,371,000,000
Venues- 1,326,000,000
Administration and finance- 566,000,000
Marketing and PR- 525,000,000
Ceremonies- 450,000,000
Information technology and telecom- 446,000,000
Athlete’s Village operations- 368,680,000
Broadcast and media- 296,000,000
Security- 250,000,000
Volunteers- 125,320,000
International relations and protocol- 55,000,000
Accreditation and uniforms- 47,840,000
Human resources- 38,000,000
Medical and doping- 107,000
Source: Senate Journal No. 41, 17th Congress, 3rd Regular SessionDrilon then suggested the funds to be realigned under the PSC budget instead. Senate President Vicente Sotto III agreed. PSC chairperson William “Butch” Ramirez, who was present during the session, nodded his head too.
“Obviously, at first glance, it should be transferred to the Philippine Sports Commission,” said Sotto.
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