By Tetch Torres
INQUIRER.net
A former ally of President Benigno Aquino III asked the Supreme Court to issue a temporary restraining order against the 2012 government budget.
Batangas 2nd District Representative Hermilando Mandanas, in his petition for certiorari, prohibition and mandamus said he wanted the government to include the collection of the Bureau of Customs (BOC) into the Internal Revenue Allotment computation.
“The National Government, in the persons of the Respondents, should automatically release the Internal Revenue Allotments (IRA) or the just shares of the Local Government Units (LGUs) in the national taxes as determined by law. The unreleased amount due to the Provinces, Cities, Municipalities and Barangays from 1992 to 2012 has already reached P500 Billion. Compliance by the National Government with the Constitution and existing laws will enable the LGUs to efficiently and expediently serve the Filipino people, and hasten the delivery of much needed and long delayed basic services,†Mandanas said in his petition.
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